| 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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| bacteriostatic |
An antimicrobial agent or condition that halts bacterial growth but does not kill the cell.
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| bacteriorhodopsin |
A light-driven proton pump that is packed into a two-dimensional crystal lattice ?known as the purple membrane ?and integrated into the plasma membrane of Halobacterium salinarium.
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