BACTERIOPHAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriophage mean? 

• BACTERIOPHAGE (noun)
  The noun BACTERIOPHAGE has 1 sense:

1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

  Familiarity information: BACTERIOPHAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERIOPHAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bacteriophage; phage

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("bacteriophage" is a kind of...):

virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bacteriophage"):

coliphage (a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli)

typhoid bacteriophage (a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi)

Derivation:

bacteriophagic; bacteriophagous (of or relating to bacteriophages)

 Context examples 

They are or are derived from plasmids, bacteriophages, or viruses and are used for transporting foreign genes into recipient cells.

(Cloning Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

The copies are inserted into a bacterial plasmid or bacteriophage vector.

(cDNA Library Construction, NCI Thesaurus)

Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-Like Phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE.

(Bacteriophage T4, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cloning vector derived from the bacteriophage lambda.

(Cosmid Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

A cloning vector based upon the bacteriophage P1, with capability in accepting larger DNA inserts.

(P1-derived Artificial Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)

A cloning vector derived from the bacteriophage P1.

(P1 Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

A bacteriophage that infects E. coli.

(Bacteriophage Phi X 174, NCI Thesaurus)

An unassigned species of temperate bacteriophage in the family MYOVIRIDAE which infects E. coli.

(Bacteriophage P1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The researchers found that mice treated with bacteriophages that target cytolytic E. faecalis had less liver injury and inflammation compared to controls.

(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)

Short stretches of genetic material from bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) and plasmids (pieces of DNA exchanged between bacteria) are incorporated into the system to detect targets for destruction in the future.

(Novel Approach Gives Insights Into Tumor Development, NIH)