bacteriophage
英 [bæk'tɪərɪə(ʊ)feɪdʒ; -fɑːʒ]
美[bæk'tɪrɪə,fedʒ]
英英释意
- 1. a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria