phagotype

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English

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Etymology

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phago- +‎ -type

Noun

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phagotype (plural phagotypes)

  1. A strain of bacterium that is sensitive to a certain bacteriophage.
    Synonym: lysotype
    • 2015 July 26, Anna Krasowska et al., “Isolation and Characterization of Phages Infecting Bacillus subtilis”, in BioMed Research International‎[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Ackermann's phagotype system was used by Inatsu et al.
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