| Enterococcus |
Enterococcus is a genus of bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes. They are round gram-positive cells which occur in pairs and are difficult to distinguish from Streptococcus. Two species are common commensal organisms in the intestines of humans: E. faecalis and E. faecium. They are anaerobic, not requiring oxygen to live, but they can survive in the presence of oxygen. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterococcus
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| enterotoxin |
A bacterial protein that, following release into the intestine, causes cramps, diarrhoea and nausea.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E08.htm
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| Enterovirus |
A type of virus that lives in the gut and is usually passed through feces.
Ãâó: www.ehealthmd.com/library/encephalitis/ENC_glossar...
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| enteroblastic |
of conidiogenesis, mode of blastic production of cell walls in which, following completion of any developmental stage, the fungus in a new stage does not lay down a wall layer or layers continuous with the outer wall layer(s) of the previous stage (Minter et al., 1982). cf. holoblastic.
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/fungloss.htm
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| enterotoxin |
A toxic substance that causes gastrointestinal upset. Cholera toxin is an example of an enterotoxin.
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