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Bacterium
A microscopic single celled organism having no distinguishable nucleus belonging to the kingdom Monera Bacteria have varying shapes usually taking the form of a jointed rodlike filament or a small sphere but also in certain cases having a branched form Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll but in those members of the phylum Cyanophyta the blue green algae other light absorbing pigments are present They are the smallest of microscopic organisms which have their own metabolic processes carried on within cell membranes viruses being smaller but not capable of living freely The bacteria are very widely diffused in nature and multiply with marvelous rapidity both by fission and by spores Bacteria may require oxygen for their energy producing metabolism and these are called aerobes or may multiply in the absence of oxygen these forms being anaerobes Certain species are active agents in fermentation while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases The branch of science with ...
Bubonic plague
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis formerly Pasteurella pestis transmitted to man by the bite of fleas themselves usually infected by biting infected rodents It is characterized by the formation of buboes most notably on the groin and armpits and accompanied by weakness and high fever The disease was known as the black death and was responsible for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages When lungs became infected the disease was called the pneumonic plague It is still found occasionally in poor areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed countries...
erysipeloid
a usually self limiting cellulitis of the hand somewhat resembling erysipelas caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae It may start at the site of a wound obtained while handling meat or fish and may occasionally become generalizd with protracted illness and severe toxemia...
halobacter
Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group expecially of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus which live in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats...
Indole
A white crystalline substance C8H7N obtained from blue indigo and almost all indigo derivatives by a process of reduction chemically it is 23 benzopyrrole a bicyclic heterocyclic compound having a benzene ring fused to a pyrrole ring It is also formed from proteinaceous matter together with skatol by putrefaction and by fusion with caustic potash and is present in human excrement as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora It is produced in rich growth media by the intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli...
lincomycin
An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin resistant infections...
media
The latinic plural form of medium sometimes used as a singular noun with the same meaning as medium as Computers place your installation media into the device which will read it Microbiology the tuberculosis bacterium will only grow in a special media...
Pathogen
Any microorganism which causes disease a pathogenic organism an infectious microorganism a bacterium virus or other agent which can cause disease by infection opposed to zymogene The spelling pathogene is now archaic...
Pathogenic
Of or pertaining to pathogeny producting disease as a pathogenic organism a pathogenic bacterium...
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