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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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leishmanias
Biology; Microbiology
Zooflagellates, members of the genus Leishmania, that cause the disease leishmaniasis.
graft-versus-host disease
Biology; Microbiology
A disease that results when mature post-thymic T cells in donor grafts (e.g., bone marrow) recognize the host as foreign and attack it.
endophyte
Biology; Microbiology
A microorganism living within a plant, but not necessarily parasitic on it.
stalk (stawk)
Biology; Microbiology
A nonliving bacterial appendage produced by the cell and extending from it.
Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Biology; Microbiology
A pathway that converts glucose to pyruvate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate by producing 6-phosphogluconate and then dehydrating it.
episome
Biology; Microbiology
A plasmid that can exist either independently of the host cell's chromosome or be integrated into it.
protocooperation
Biology; Microbiology
A positive, but not obligatory, interaction between two different organisms in which both parties benefit.
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