transitive. To cause plasmolysis in (a cell). Also intransitive: to undergo plasmolysis.

intransitive. To undergo autolysis. Also transitive: to cause autolysis of.

transitive. To bring about lysis of (a cell, etc.).

Biology. To cause (a bacterium containing a prophage) to begin the lytic cycle.

(transitive) (of a bacteriophage) to become stably integrated into the genome of (a bacterium); also absol.