Englishbacteriophage
plural bacteriophages
Definition
- : a virus that infects bacteria : phage //Much smaller than the bacteria they attack, bacteriophages cannot grow and multiply on their own. — C. Claiborne Ray //The genes were amplified by using PCR [=polymerase chain reaction] and inserted into … a bacteriophage of E. coli. — Ricki Lewis
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
International Scientific Vocabularybacteriophage
plural bacteriophages
Definition
- : a virus that infects bacteria : phage //Much smaller than the bacteria they attack, bacteriophages cannot grow and multiply on their own. — C. Claiborne Ray //The genes were amplified by using PCR [=polymerase chain reaction] and inserted into … a bacteriophage of E. coli. — Ricki Lewis
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
International Scientific Vocabularybacteriophage
plural bacteriophages
Definition
- : a virus that infects bacteria : phage //Much smaller than the bacteria they attack, bacteriophages cannot grow and multiply on their own. — C. Claiborne Ray //The genes were amplified by using PCR [=polymerase chain reaction] and inserted into … a bacteriophage of E. coli. — Ricki Lewis
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
International Scientific Vocabularybacteriophage
plural bacteriophages
Definition
- : a virus that infects bacteria : phage //Much smaller than the bacteria they attack, bacteriophages cannot grow and multiply on their own. — C. Claiborne Ray //The genes were amplified by using PCR [=polymerase chain reaction] and inserted into … a bacteriophage of E. coli. — Ricki Lewis
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary