[1890–95; bacterio- + -lysis]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, historicism, honky-tonk, neoclassicism, pogey-lysis is a combining form with the meaning “breaking down, loosening, decomposition,” usedin the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -lysis include: analysis, electrolysis, paralysis
Examples of 'bacteriolysis' in a sentence
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Lipopolysaccharide, a product of bacteriolysis, activates macrophages and causes release of inflammatory cytokines.
Jinhui Zhang, Songlin Chen, Zhiqiang Hou, Jing Cai, Mingmin Dong, Xiaorui Shi 2015, 'Lipopolysaccharide-induced middle ear inflammation disrupts the cochlear intra-strialfluid-blood barrier through down-regulation of tight junction proteins.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4376743?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The two strains that clearly evidenced bacteriolysis under this condition also showed higher phage titers in plaque assays.
Claudia Viviana Granobles Velandia, Alejandra eKrüger, Yanil Reneé Parma, AlbertoErnesto Parma, Paula María Alejandra Lucchesi 2012, 'Differences in Shiga toxin and phage production among stx2g-positive STEC strains',Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00082/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bacteriophages may provide insight into a new signaling transduction mechanism to influence their hosts, in addition to bacteriolysis.
Yuanli Guo, Rui Guo, Quan Zhou, Changgui Sun, Xinmei Zhang, Yuanjun Liu, QuanzhongLiu 2016, 'Chlamydiaphage φCPG1 Capsid Protein Vp1 Inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis Growth viathe Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway', Viruseshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/4/99. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)