| bacteremia |
a condition in which bacteria are present in the bloodstream; may occur after minor surgery or infection and may be dangerous for people with a weakened immune system or abnormal heart valves
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| bacteriophage |
Viruses that infect cells. If alien genes are intergrated into that DNA, it invades into the host cell when in infection and multiplies in the form of viruses.
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| bacterium |
Microscopic one-celled organism. Cell type lacks a distinct nucleus, sexual recombination, and chlorophyll. Itdoes have cell walls and DNA.
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| bactericide |
Any chemical or physical agent that kills or protects plants from bacteria.
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| bacteriophage |
A virus that infects and replicates in bacteria. These are either lytic viruses, which always kill the host, or temperate viruses, which can either lyse the host cell or establish a stable relationship in which the bacteriophage genome is stably maintained in the host genome (see also lysogen).
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