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"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"nouna virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
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- mps a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
- heartburn a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
- esophagitis inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux
- ranitidine a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
- transduction (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage
- lysogenization the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome
- coliphage a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- bacteriophagic of or relating to bacteriophages
- zantac a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
- glucophage an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes