| bacteriochlorophylls | Photosynthetic pigments in which pyrrole ring II is more reduced than in plant chlorophylls. Different photosynthetic bacteria have different species of bacteriochlorophyll. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bacteriocidal | <pharmacology> Capable of killing bacteria. Some antibiotics are either bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic in their action. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bacteriocide | <pharmacology> A substance that kills bacteria. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bacteriocidin | Antibody having bactericidal activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriocin | <cell biology, microbiology> A substance that certain bacteria can release which kills closely-related strains of other bacteria, but without rupturing their cell membranes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacteriocin factors | Bacterial plasmid's responsible for the elaboration of bacteriocins. Synonym: bacteriocin factors, bacteriocinogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriocinogen | <molecular biology> A plasmid, or ring of DNA, found in certain bacteria which controls the production of bacteriocin, a substance that the bacteria can use to kill closely-related strains of other bacteria without rupturing their cell membranes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacteriocinogenic plasmids | Bacterial plasmid's responsible for the elaboration of bacteriocins. Synonym: bacteriocin factors, bacteriocinogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriocinogens | Bacterial plasmid's responsible for the elaboration of bacteriocins. Synonym: bacteriocin factors, bacteriocinogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriocins | <molecular biology> Exotoxins, often plasmid coded, produced by bacteria and which kill other bacteria not eukaryotic cells). Colicins are produced by about 40% of E. Coli strains: colicin E2 is a DNA ase, colicin E3 an RNA ase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bacterioclasis | Fragmentation of bacteria, as in the Twort phenomenon. Origin: bacterio-+ G. Klasis, a breaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriocyte | <pathology> A modified fat cell found in certain insects which contain groups of rod-shaped objects thought to be symbiotic bacteria. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacteriofluorescin | A fluorescent material produced by bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriogenic | <pathology> Something that bacteria have produced or caused. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacteriogenic agglutination | The clumping of erythrocytes as a result of effects of bacteria or their products. (05 Mar 2000) |