a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria;
"phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria"
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用作名词 (n.)
The bacteriophage contamination often caused bacteriolysis. 噬菌体污染常引起溶菌。
This may occur during the lysogenic life cycle of a temperate bacteriophage. 特异性转导是在温和噬菌体的溶原期发生的。