an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…
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north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strain, bacteria, resistant, antibiotics.a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
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