Colonization
Synonym: innidiation.
2. The formation of compact population groups of the same type of microorganism, as the colonies that develop when a bacterial cell begins reproducing.
3. The care of certain persons, e.g., lepers, mental patients, in community groups.
genetic colonization, propagation of a gene by a host into which the gene has been introduced, naturally or artificially.
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