Biology

Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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sulfonamide

Biology; Microbiology

A chemotherapeutic agent that has the SO2-NH2 group and is a derivative of sulfanilamide.

O antigen

Biology; Microbiology

A polysaccharide antigen extending from the outer membrane of some gram-negative bacterial cell walls; it is part of the lipopolysaccharide.

activated sludge

Biology; Microbiology

Solid matter or sediment composed of actively growing microorganisms that participate in the aerobic portion of a biological sewage treatment process. The microbes readily use ...

numerical aperture

Biology; Microbiology

The property of a microscope lens that determines how much light can enter and how great a resolution the lens can provide.

genomics

Biology; Microbiology

The study of the molecular organization of genomes, their information content, and the gene products they encode.

serum resistance

Biology; Microbiology

The type of resistance that occurs with bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae because the pathogen interferes with membrane attack complex formation during the complement ...