As nouns the difference between bacteriophage and prophage
is that bacteriophage is a virus that specifically infects bacteria while prophage is the latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.
bacteriophage
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
Synonyms
* phage
Related terms
* bacteriophagous
* bacteriophagy
See also
* virophage
prophage
Noun
(
en noun)
(biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.