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bacteriophage: a virus that is parasitic 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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| phagocyte |
a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
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| phagocytic |
capable of functioning as a phagocyte
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| phagocytosis |
process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
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| phage cross |
1. a phage (bacteriophage) having genes from two or more parental phages as a result of infection by the parent phages of a single bacterial cell; it is a result of recombination. 2. the process of formation of a phage cross.
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