phagotype

English

Etymology

From phago- +‎ -type.

Noun

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.

Related terms

• phagotyping