| yeast |
common name for an artificial assemblage of higher fungi which have temporarily or permanently abandoned the use of hyphal thalli; they are unicellular, and vegetative reproduction is generally by budding or fission.
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/fungloss.htm
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| yellow fever |
A viral disease occuring in central Africa and central and south America, spread by mosquitoes. Fever and headache after a 48 hours incubation period are mild symptoms, but the disease can be severe, including nausea, vominting and constipation. Only symptomatic supportive therapy is available.
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dictey.htm
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| Yersinia |
A group of gram-negative anaerobic rod-shaped bacterias belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae-family. To this bacteria genus belongs Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing plague, and Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, bacterias causing acute bowel infections in humans.
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dictey.htm
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| Yersin |
(1863-1943) A Swiss bacteriologist working in Paris, who has given his name to the Yersinia-bacterias.
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dictey.htm
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| yellow fever |
A contagious infectious disease caused by a virus and spread by mosquitoes that pick up the disease from monkeys. Found mainly in Africa and Latin America, its symptoms include jaundice, muscle pain, high fever, bleeding, and sometimes death.
Ãâó: www.ecohealth101.org/glossary.html
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