biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
bioterrorism biological terrorism | terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare |
biological defense biological defence biodefense biodefence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents |
biological warfare BW biological attack biologic attack bioattack | the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food |
biological warfare defense biological warfare defence BW defense BW defence | defense against biological warfare |
bacteria bacterium | (microbiology) singleelled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission, important as pathogens and for biochemical properties, taxonomy is difficult, often considered to be plants |
probiotic probiotic bacterium probiotic microflora probiotic flora | a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals, often considered to be a plant |
bacteria order | an order of bacteria |
bacteria family | a family of bacteria |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
bacteria species | a species of bacteria |
eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria | a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls, motile types have flagella |
phototrophic bacteria phototropic bacteria | green and purple bacteria, energy for growth is derived from sunlight, carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon |
purple bacteria | free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll |
ring rot bacteria Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
nitric bacteria nitrobacteria | soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates |
nitrosobacteria nitrous bacteria | soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites |
thiobacteria sulphur bacteria sulfur bacteria | any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus |
ratbite fever bacterium Spirillum minus | a bacterium causing ratbite fever |
enteric bacteria enterobacteria enterics entric | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria, most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals |
endospore-forming bacteria | a group of true bacteria |
nitrate bacterium nitric bacterium | any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates |
nitrite bacterium nitrous bacterium | any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites |
potato scab bacteria Streptomyces scabies | cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue |
penicillinesistant bacteria | bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin |
pus-forming bacteria | bacteria that produce pus |
myxobacteria myxobacterium myxobacter gliding bacteria slime bacteria | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime, inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste |
mirror carp | domestic carp with some large shining scales |
bacteria bed | layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms |
bioweapon biological weapon bioarm | any weapon usable in biological warfare, they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon |
car mirror | a mirror that the driver of a car can use |
hand glass hand mirror | a mirror intended to be held in the hand |
mirror | polished surface that forms images by reflecting light |
outside mirror | car mirror that reflects the view at side and behind car |
parabolic mirror | a parabolic reflector for light radiation |
pier glass pier mirror | a large mirror between two windows |
rearview mirror | car mirror that reflects the view out of the rear window |
mirror image reflection reflexion | a likeness in which left and right are reversed |
eminent domain | the right of the state to take private property for public use, the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made |
mirror | a faithful depiction or reflection, the best mirror is an old friend |
spiritual world spiritual domain unseen | a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit |
knowledge domain knowledge base domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge |
biology biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
parity conservation of parity spaceeflection symmetry mirror symmetry | (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system |
domain name | strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet, domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right |
biological group | a group of plants or animals |
world domain | people in general, especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest, the Western world |
domain domain of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined |
domain demesne land | territory over which rule or control is exercised, his domain extended into Europe, he made it the law of the land |
biological agent biohazard | any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare |