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Prophage vs Phage - What's the difference?

prophage | phage |

As nouns the difference between prophage and phage

is that prophage is (biology) the latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome while phage is (microbiology|virology) a virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

prophage

English

(wikipedia prophage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.

    • phage

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01"The plural word phages' refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word ' phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, ISBN 9780867202489, p. 81
  • (microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * bacteriophage

    References

    * (wikipedia "phage")

    See also

    * virophage

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