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What (who) is -lytic - definition

PROCESS OF VIRUS REPRODUCTION IN WHICH THE VIRAL DNA EXISTS AS A SEPARATE FREE FLOATING MOLECULE WITHIN THE BACTERIAL CELL
Lytic; Lytic pathway; Lytic viruses; Lytic infection; Lytic Cycle; Lytic life cycle

-lytic      
¦ combining form in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -lysis (such as hydrolytic corresponding to hydrolysis).
lytic         
['l?t?k]
¦ adjective Biology relating to or causing lysis.
Derivatives
lytically adverb
Alpha-lytic endopeptidase         
CLASS OF ENZYMES
EC 3.4.21.12; Myxobacter alpha-lytic proteinase; Alpha-lytic proteinase; Alpha-lytic protease; Mycobacterium sorangium alpha-lytic proteinase; Myxobacter 495 alpha-lytic proteinase
Alpha-lytic endopeptidase or Alpha-lytic protease (, myxobacter alpha-lytic proteinase, alpha-lytic proteinase, alpha-lytic protease, Mycobacterium sorangium alpha-lytic proteinase, Myxobacter 495 alpha-lytic proteinase) is an enzyme isolated from the myxobacterium Lysobacter enzymogenes. This enzyme is a serine protease that catalyses the breakage of peptide bonds using a hydrolysis chemical reaction.

Wikipedia

Lytic cycle

The lytic cycle ( LIT-ik) is one of the two cycles of viral reproduction (referring to bacterial viruses or bacteriophages), the other being the lysogenic cycle. The lytic cycle results in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane. Bacteriophages that only use the lytic cycle are called virulent phages (in contrast to temperate phages).

In the lytic cycle, the viral DNA exists as a separate free floating molecule within the bacterial cell, and replicates separately from the host bacterial DNA, whereas in the lysogenic cycle, the viral DNA is located within the host DNA. This is the key difference between the lytic and lysogenic (bacterio)phage cycles. However, in both cases the virus/phage replicates using the host DNA machinery.