Bacterial - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bacterialBacterial
Of pertaining to or caused by bacteria...
Bacterin
A bacterial vaccine...
bacteriostat
a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth...
Cephalosporin
any of a class of chemical substances some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity whose structure contains a beta lactam ring fused to a six membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom The first of the series cephalosporin C was discovered by G Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria actinomycetes Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections The cephalosporins are the second class of beta lactam antibiotic to be discovered the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta lactam ring rendering them more resistant to p...
chlortetracycline
a yellow crystalline antibacterial antibiotic used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases Aureomycin is one common trademark for chlortetracycline...
clostridium
spindle shaped bacterial cell esp one swollen at the center by an endospore...
VerbarFlacherie
A bacterial disease of silkworms supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves...
Microbicide
Any agent detrimental to or destructive of the life of microbes or bacterial organisms...
Microzyme
A microoumlrganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases a pathogenic bacterial organism...
penicillin
Any of a variety of substances having a structure containing a beta lactam ring fused to a thiirane ring to which a carboxyl group is attached but most commonly interpreted as benzyl penicillin They are notable as powerful antibacterial agents of relatively low toxicity which have found extensive use in medicine for treating bacterial infections They are categorized as one of the classes of beta lactam antibiotic They are produced naturally by some fungi and bacteria and industrial production processes almost invariably start from some form of the penicillin nucleus produced by fermentation of microorganisms The fermentation products are then chemically modified to produce derivatives of enhanced potency safety or antibacterial spectrum The first penicillin to see extensive use clinically during World War II was penicillin G also called benzypenicillin and commonly simply ldquopenicillinrdquo...
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