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| An organism, such as a bacterium, that can live in the absence as well as in the presence of atmospheric oxygen. |
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| An organism, such as a bacterium, that can live only in the absence of oxygen. |
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| An organism, such as a bacterium, that can live only in the absence of oxygen. |
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| any organism that uses light as its principal source of energy. |
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| any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists |
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| an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. |
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| the inner coat of a spore. Compare intine. |
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| An outer filamentous coating of carbohydrate-rich molecules on the surface of certain cells. |
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| to furnish with or enclose in or as if in a capsule; encapsulate. |
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| a segment of dna independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another. |
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| An organism, such as a bacterium, that can live only in the presence of oxygen |
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| a temporary union of two bacteria, in Escherichia and related groups, in which genetic material is transferred by migration of a plasmid, either solitary or as part of a chromosome, from one bacterium, the donor, to the other, the recipient; sometimes also including the transfer of resistance to antibiotics |
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| the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus. |
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| a soluble toxin excreted by a microorganism. |
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| the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever. |
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| bacteria that is resistance to dugs |
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| any infection or disease that is transmitted to man from lower vertebrates |
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| The use of certain biological agents, especially bacteria, to remove or neutralize contaminants from polluted soil or water. |
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