lytic response
lytic response The rupture and death (lysis) of a bacterial cell following its infection by a bacteriophage which then reproduces inside the cell, as opposed to a lysogenic response (see Lysogeny) in which the infecting bacteriophage does not multiply but instead behaves as a prophage.
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