Lysogeny
WordNet
noun
(1) The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
"When a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis