| virulent | Extremely toxic, denoting a markedly pathogenic microorganism. Origin: L. Virulentus, poisonous (05 Mar 2000) |
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| virulent bacteriophage | A bacteriophage that regularly causes lysis of the bacteria that it infects; it may exist in one or the other of only two forms, vegetative or mature; it does not have a probacteriophage form (i.e., its genome does not incorporate with that of the host bacterium), therefore it does not effect lysogenization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| virulent bubo | chancroidal bubo |
| virulent phage mutant | A mutant of a phage that is unable to establish lysogeny. (05 Mar 2000) |