Medical Dictionary

heterogenote

noun het·ero·ge·note \ˌhet-ər-ō-ˈjē-ˌnōt\

Medical Definition of HETEROGENOTE

:  a partially diploid bacterium in which the added genetic material differs from that originally present and is usually transferred by transduction
het·ero·ge·not·ic \-jə-ˈnät-ik\ adjective

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