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IUFRO The Advocate for Forest Science.
| Language: | English |
| Term: | lysis |
| Definition: | The dissolution of the cell walls of individual cells or entire cell structures. It is possible for bacteria to be completely broken down by a virus attack, for instance, through the cell waslls being destroyed from the inside by enzymes that the viruses have produced. (Source: HA.B90) |
| Subject field: | forest health |
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