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Microbiology
The study of microscopic organisms including unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), and acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses a number of sub-disciplines including virology, mycology, parasitology, and bacteriology.
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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 dissolved organic ...
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 cascade.
