attachment adherence adhesion | faithful support for a cause or political party or religion, attachment to a formal agenda, adherence to a fat-free diet, the adhesion of Seville was decisive |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
bacteria bed | layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms |
adhesiveness adhesion adherence bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition, the mutual adhesiveness of cells, a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion |
adhesion | a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures |
adhesion contract contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts), implies inequality in bargaining power |
adhesion | abnormal union of bodily tissues, most common in the abdomen |