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Bacteriophage vs Prophage - What's the difference?

bacteriophage | prophage |

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

    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.