This page gathers the 27 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Bacteriology”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- alkalonic acid noun A tricyclic ketide carboxylic acid made by bacteria as an intermediate in the production of aklaviketone and doxorubicin.
- ascococcus noun A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and…
- autocide noun A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
- bordetella noun Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordetella pertussis which…
- Bt noun Bacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.
- Bti noun Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, a type of bacterium used in the biological control of certain insects.
- clostridium noun Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of…
- coli noun Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
- cyanophyte noun A member of the class Cyanophyceae.
- enterococcus noun Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance…
- f noun Abbreviation of fertility factor.
- fbiC noun A gene found in Mycobacterium bovis that codes an enzyme involved in the production of coenzyme F₄₂₀-5.
- fimbria noun A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some…
- food poisoning noun Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
- gram-positive adj That is stained violet by Gram's method
- infrasubspecific adj pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than subspecies. The names of such taxa are not regulated by a nomenclatural code; they are not…
- moraxella noun Any of several short rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Moraxella (under family Moraxellaceae) which includes the causative…
- mycobacterium noun Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
- passage noun Serial passage.
- probiotic noun A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.
- pyogen noun A microorganism responsible for a wide range of human illnesses, spanning from mild throat and skin infections to life-threatening invasive…
- race noun A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
- shigella noun A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
- snottite noun A colony of single-celled extremophilic bacteria that hangs in a sheet (having the consistency of snot or nasal mucus) from the ceilings of…
- streptobacterium noun A supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria, for example, Lactobacillus, linked together to form a chain.
- throw up verb To vomit.
- VlsE noun A lipoprotein from Borrelia mayonii involved in Lyme disease.