| The bacteria that carry the noninfective precursor phage, called the prophage, remain healthy and continue to grow until they are stimulated by some perturbing factor, such as ultraviolet light. |
| For example, the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the causative agent of diphtheria, but only when it contains the prophage of bacteriophage β, which codes for the toxin that is responsible for the disease. |
| A repressor protein of bacteriophage P1, encoded by the c1 gene, is responsible for maintaining P1 prophage in the lysogenic state. |
| Study of the physiological impact of a prophage intregration in Lactobacillus johnsonii, specifically on stress response. |
| A bacterial cell into whose chromosome the viral DNA has become integrated is called a prophage. |
| Unexpectedly, the major differences in gene content and allele diversity were contributed by exogenous, mobile genetic elements, such as prophage. |
