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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
- bacteriophagic of or relating to bacteriophages
- histiocyte a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
- interleukin any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system
- pyrosis 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
- bacteriophagous of or relating to bacteriophages
- coliphage a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- cosmid (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments