Lysogenic State

The lysogenic form, otherwise called lysology, is characteristic of a number of microscopic organisms and represents their hidden coexistence with an obligate representative of another formation in the form of host cells. Lysogenization is associated with the complete destruction of the chromosomal genes of the host cell, which does not happen in the case of the production form of symbiosis with the full use of host cell metabolic products for the growth and development of lytic bacteria. Nevertheless, there is a fundamental difference between these two forms of symbioses of bacterial cells, which is due to the fact that when the product-lysogen reproduces, the host species takes part in it. During the process of reproduction, the DNA of the lysogenic cells themselves is first destroyed, and only then the “products” of their vital activity are used as factors for the growth and division of other cells of the host species. Violation of this balance leads to a “failure” in the functioning of the microbial cell, which is accompanied by a sharp delay in the growth and reproduction of the lytic cells themselves.