Glossary
Monday, 6 May 2024, 12:49 AM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Understanding antibiotic resistance (UAR_1)
Glossary: Glossary
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antimetabolitesChemicals which are structurally similar to
natural metabolites but just different enough to interfere with normal cell
function. |
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bacteraemiaThe presence of viable bacteria in the circulating blood. |
bacteriaSingle cell prokaryotes. The oldest, smallest and most numerous organisms living on Earth. (Singular: bacterium) |
bacterial endocarditisA bacterial infection of the inner lining of the heart (the endocardium). |
bactericidalAntibiotic that kills bacteria. |
bacteriophage |
bacteriostaticAntibiotics that stop or slow bacterial growth. |
batch fermentationAn industrial process for the large-scale production of microbes and/or metabolites in liquid culture. After the microbe is introduced to the culture no additional growth medium is added. |
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorusGram-negative bacteria that prey on other bacteria, attacking and killing them. |
binary fissionA form of asexual reproduction used by bacteria and other prokaryotic cells in which one cell divides to form two. |