Glossary of microbiology terms meaning and definition

 

 

 

Glossary of microbiology terms meaning and definition

 

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Glossary of microbiology terms meaning and definition

 

  • Abscess
  • Acellular vaccine
  • Acid
  • Acid-fast stain
  • Acidic dye
  • Acidophile
  • Acid precipitation
  • Acquired immune deficiency
  • Acquired immunity
  • Activated macrophage
  • Activated sludge system
  • Activation energy
  • Active site
  • Active transport
  • Acute disease
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
  • Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
  • Adherence
  • Adhesin
  • Aerobe
  • Aerobic respiration
  • Aerotolerant anaerobe
  • Aflatoxin
  • Agar
  • Agglutination
  • AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
  • Airborne transmission
  • Alcohol
  • Alcohol fermentation
  • Aldehyde
  • Alga (algae)
  • Algal bloom
  • Algin
  • Allergen
  • Allergy
  • Allograft
  • Allosteric inhibition
  • Allosteric site
  • Amanitin
  • Ames test
  • Amination
  • Amino acid
  • Amino acid sequencing
  • Aminoglycoside
  • Amino group
  • Ammonification
  • Amoeba
  • Amphibolic pathway
  • Amphitrichous
  • Anabolism
  • Anaerobe
  • Anaerobic respiration
  • Anaerobic sludge digester
  • Anal pore
  • Analytical epidemiology
  • Anamnestic response
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Animalia
  • Anion
  • Anoxygenic
  • Antagonism
  • Antibiotic
  • Antibody
  • Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)
  • Antibody titer
  • Anticodon
  • Antigen
  • Antigen-antibody complex
  • Antigen-binding sites
  • Antigenic determinant
  • Antigenic drift
  • Antigenic shift
  • Antigen-presenting cell (APC)
  • Antigen receptors
  • Antihuman immune serum globulin (anti-HISG)
  • Antimicrobial drug
  • Antimicrobial peptide
  • Antisense agent
  • Antisense strand (- strand)
  • Antisepsis
  • Antiserum
  • Antitoxin
  • Antiviral protein (AVP)
  • Apoenzyme
  • Apoptosis
  • Aquatic microbiology
  • Arbuscule
  • Archaea
  • Arthrospore
  • Arthus reaction
  • Artificially acquired active immunity
  • Artificially acquired passive immunity
  • Ascospore
  • Aseptic surgery
  • Ascus
  • Asepsis
  • Aseptic packaging
  • Asexual spore
  • Atom
  • Atomic number
  • Atomic weight
  • Attenuated whole-agent vaccine
  • Autoclave
  • Autograft
  • Autoimmune disease
  • Autotroph
  • Auxotroph
  • Axial filament
  • Bacillus (bacilli)
  • Bacteremia
  • Bacterial species
  • Bacteriology
  • Bacterium (plural: bacteria)
  • Bacterial growth curve
  • Bactericide
  • Bacteriocin
  • Bacteriophage (phage)
  • Bacteriostasis
  • Bacteroid
  • Base
  • Base analog
  • Base pairs
  • Base substitution
  • Basic dye
  • Basidiospore
  • Basidium
  • Basophil
  • BCG vaccine
  • Benthic zone
  • Bergey's Manual
  • Beta oxidation
  • Biguanide
  • Binary fission
  • Binomial nomenclature
  • Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
  • Bioconversion
  • Biofilm
  • Biogenesis
  • Biogeochemical cycle
  • Biological transmission
  • Bioluminescence
  • Biomass
  • Bioreactor
  • Bioremediation
  • Biotechnology
  • Biovar
  • Blade
  • Blastospore
  • Blood-brain barrier
  • Brightfield microscope
  • Broad-spectrum antibiotic
  • Broth dilution test
  • Bubo
  • Budding
  • Budding yeast
  • Buffer
  • Bulking
  • Burst size
  • Burst time
  • Calvin-Benson cycle
  • Capnophile
  • Capsid
  • Capsomere
  • Capsule
  • Carbapenems
  • Carbohydrates
  • Carbon cycle
  • Carbon fixation
  • Carbon skeleton
  • Carboxyl group
  • Carboxysome
  • Carcinogen
  • Casein
  • Catabolic repression
  • Catabolism
  • Catalase
  • Catalyst
  • Cation
  • Cell culture
  • Cell-mediated immunity
  • Cellular respiration
  • Cell wall
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Central nervous system (CNS)
  • Centriole
  • Cephalosporin
  • Cercaria
  • Chancre
  • Chemical bond
  • Chemical element
  • Chemical energy
  • Chemically defined medium
  • Chemical reaction
  • Chemiosmosis
  • Chemistry
  • Chemoautotroph
  • Chemoheterotroph
  • Chemokine
  • Chemotaxis
  • Chemotherapeutic agent
  • Chemotherapy
  • Chemotroph
  • Chimeric monoclonal antibody
  • Chlamydospore
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Chloroplast
  • Chlorosome
  • Chromatin
  • Chromatophore
  • Chromosome
  • Chronic disease
  • Cilium (cilia)
  • Ciliate
  • Cistern
  • Cladogram
  • Class
  • Clonal deletion
  • Clonal selection
  • Clone
  • Clue cells
  • Coagulase
  • Coccobacillus (coccabacilli)
  • Coccus (cocci)
  • Codon
  • Coenocytic hypha
  • Coenzyme
  • Coenzyme A (CoA)
  • Coenzyme Q
  • Cofactor
  • Coliforms
  • Collagenase
  • Collision theory
  • Colony
  • Colony hybridization
  • Colony-stimulating factor (CSF)
  • Commensalism
  • Commercial sterilization
  • Communicable disease
  • Competence
  • Competitive inhibitor
  • Complement
  • Complementary DNA (cDNA)
  • Complement fixation
  • Complex medium
  • Complex virus
  • Composting
  • Compound
  • Compound light microscope (LM)
  • Compromised host
  • Condensation reaction
  • Condenser
  • Congenital immune deficiency
  • Conidiophore
  • Conidiospore
  • Conjugated vaccine
  • Conjugation
  • Constitutive enzyme
  • Contact inhibition
  • Contact transmission
  • Contagious disease
  • Continuous cell line
  • Corepressor
  • Cortex
  • Counterstain
  • Covalent bond
  • Crisis
  • Crista (cristae)
  • Crossing over
  • Culture
  • Culture medium
  • Curd
  • Cutaneous mycosis
  • Cuticle
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Cyclic AMP (cAmp)
  • Cyclic photophosphorylation
  • Cyst
  • Cysticercus
  • Cystitis
  • Cytochrome oxidase
  • Cytochromes
  • Cytokine
  • Cytolysis
  • Cytopathic effect (CPE)
  • Cytoplasm
  • Cytoplasmic streaming
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Cytostome
  • Cytotoxic T (TC ) cells
  • Cytotoxin
  • Darkfield microscope
  • Dark (light-independent) reaction
  • Deamination
  • Death phase
  • Debridement
  • Decarboxylation
  • Decimal reduction time (DRT)
  • Decolorizing agent
  • Decomposition reaction
  • Deep-freezing
  • Definitive host
  • Degeneracy
  • Degerming
  • Degranulation
  • Dehydration synthesis
  • Dehydrogenation
  • Delayed-type hypersensitivity
  • Delayed hypersensitivity T (TD ) cells
  • Denaturation
  • Dendritic cell
  • Denitrification
  • Dental plaque
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
  • Deoxyribose
  • Dermatomycosis
  • Dermatophyte
  • Dermis
  • Descriptive epidemiology
  • Desensitization
  • Desiccation
  • Diapedesis
  • Dichotomous key
  • Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope
  • Differential medium
  • Differential stain
  • Differential white blood cell count
  • Dimorphism
  • Dioecious
  • Diplobacilli (diplobacillus)
  • Diplococci (diplococcus)
  • Diploid cell
  • Diploid cell line
  • Direct agglutination test
  • Direct contact transmission
  • Direct FA test
  • Direct microscopic count
  • Disaccharide
  • Disease
  • Disinfection
  • Disk-diffusion method
  • D-isomer
  • Dissimilation
  • Dissimilation plasmid
  • Dissociation
  • Disulfide bond
  • Division
  • DNA base composition
  • DNA fingerprinting
  • DNA ligase
  • DNA probe
  • DNA sequencing
  • Domain
  • Donor cell
  • DPT vaccine
  • Droplet transmission
  • D value
  • Dysentery
  • Eclipse period
  • Edema
  • Electron
  • Electron acceptor
  • Electron donor
  • Electronic configuration
  • Electron microscope
  • Electron shell
  • Electron transport chain
  • Electroporation
  • Elementary body
  • ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
  • Emerging infectious disease (EID)
  • Emigration
  • Embden Meyerhof pathway
  • Emulsification
  • Encephalitis
  • Encystment
  • Endemic disease
  • Endergonic reaction
  • Endocarditis
  • Endocytosis
  • Endolith
  • Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
  • Endospore
  • Endosymbiotic theory
  • Endotoxic shock
  • Endotoxin
  • End-product inhibition
  • Enrichment culture
  • Enteric
  • Enterotoxin
  • Entner Doudoroff pathway
  • Envelope
  • Enzyme
  • Enzyme induction
  • Enzyme substrate complex
  • Eosinophil
  • Epidemic disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Epidermis
  • Epitope
  • Equilibrium
  • Equivalent treatments
  • Ergot
  • Ethambutol
  • Ethanol
  • Etiology
  • Eubacteria
  • Eucarya
  • Eucaryote
  • Eutrophication
  • Exchange reaction
  • Excision repair
  • Exergonic reaction
  • Exon
  • Exotoxin
  • Experimental epidemiology
  • Exponential growth phase
  • Extracellular polysaccharide (ESP)
  • Extreme halophile
  • Extreme thermophile
  • Extremophile
  • Eyespot
  • Facilitated diffusion
  • Facultative anaerobe
  • Facultative halophile
  • Family
  • Feedback inhibition
  • Fermentation
  • Fever
  • F factor (fertility factor)
  • Fibrinolysin
  • Filtration
  • Fimbria (fimbriae)
  • Fission yeast
  • Five kingdom system
  • Fixed macrophage
  • Fixing
  • Flagellum (flagella)
  • Flagellate
  • Flaming
  • Flat sour spoilage
  • Flatworm
  • Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
  • Flavin mononucleotide (FMN)
  • Flavoprotein
  • Flocculation
  • Flow cytometry
  • Fluid mosaic model
  • Fluke
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS)
  • Fluorescence microscope
  • Fluorescent-antibody (FA)technique
  • Fluoroquinolone
  • Focal infection
  • Folliculitis
  • Fomite
  • Forespore
  • Frameshift mutation
  • Freeze-drying
  • FTA-ABS test
  • Functional group
  • Fungus (fungi)
  • Fusion
  • Gamete
  • Gametocyte
  • Gamma globulin
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Gas vacuole
  • Gel electrophoresis
  • Gene
  • Gene library
  • Gene therapy
  • Generalized transduction
  • Generation time
  • Genetic code
  • Genetic engineering
  • Genetic recombination
  • Genetics
  • Genetic screening
  • Genotype
  • Genus (genera)
  • Germicide
  • Germination
  • Germ theory of disease
  • Global warming
  • Globulin
  • Glycocalyx
  • Glycolysis
  • Golgi complex
  • Graft-versus-host (GVH) disease
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Gram-negative cell wall
  • Gram-positive bacteria
  • Gram-positive cell wall
  • Gram Stain
  • Granulocyte
  • Griseofulvin
  • Group translocation
  • Gumma
  • Halogen
  • Haploid cell
  • Hapten
  • Helminth
  • Helper T (Th ) cell
  • Hemagglutination
  • Hemoflagellate
  • Hemolysin
  • Herd immunity
  • Hermaphroditic
  • Heterocyst
  • Heterolactic
  • Heterotroph
  • Hfr cell
  • High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter
  • High-temperature short-time (HTST) pasteurization
  • Histamine
  • Histocompatibility antigen
  • Histone
  • Holdfast
  • Holoenzyme
  • Homolactic
  • Host
  • Host range
  • Hot-air sterilization
  • Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex
  • Humoral immunity
  • Hyaluronidase
  • Hybridoma
  • Hydrogen bond
  • Hydrolysis
  • Hydroxyl radical
  • Hyperacute reflection
  • Hyperbaric chamber
  • Hypersensitivity
  • Hyperthermophile
  • Hypertonic (hyperosmotic) solution
  • Hypha
  • Hypotonic (hypoosmotic) solution
  • Idiophase
  • IgA
  • IgD
  • IgE
  • IgG
  • IgM
  • Imidazoles
  • Immune complex
  • Immune serum globulin
  • Immunity
  • Immunization
  • Immunodiffusion test
  • Immunoelectrophoresis
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Immunogen
  • Immunoglobulin
  • Immunological escape
  • Immunological surveillance
  • Immunology
  • Immunosuppression
  • Immunotherapy
  • Immunotoxin
  • Inactivated whole-agent vaccine
  • Inapparent infection
  • Incidence
  • Inclusion
  • Inclusion body
  • Incubation period
  • Indicator organism
  • Indirect (passive) agglutination test
  • Indirect contact transmission
  • Indirect FA test
  • Inducer
  • Induction
  • Infection
  • Infection thread
  • Infectious disease
  • Inflammation
  • Innate resistance
  • Inoculum
  • Inorganic compound
  • Insertion sequence (IS)
  • Interferon (IFN)
  • Interleukins
  • Intermediate host
  • Intoxication
  • Intron
  • Invasin
  • Iodophor
  • Ion
  • Ionic bond
  • Ionization
  • Ionizing radiation
  • Ischemia
  • Isograft
  • Isomer
  • Isoniazid (INH)
  • Isotonic (isomatic) solution
  • Isotope
  • Kelp
  • Keratin
  • Kinase
  • Kingdom
  • Kinins
  • Koch’s postulates
  • Krebs cycle
  • Lagging strand
  • Lag phase
  • Larva
  • Latent disease
  • Latent infection
  • LD50
  • Leading strand
  • Lepromin test
  • Leukocidins
  • Leukocyte
  • Leukotriene
  • Lichen
  • Ligand
  • Light (light-dependent) reactions
  • Light-repair enzyme
  • Limnetic zone
  • Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay
  • Lipase
  • Lipid
  • Lipid A
  • Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
  • L-isomer
  • Littoral zone
  • Local infection
  • Localized anaphylaxis
  • Logarithm decline phase
  • Log phase
  • Lophotrichous
  • Luciferase
  • Lymphangitis
  • Lymphocyte
  • Lyophilization
  • Lysogenic conversion
  • Lysogenic cycle
  • Lysis
  • Lysogeny
  • Lysosome
  • Lysozyme
  • Lytic cycle
  • Macrolide
  • Macromolecule
  • Macrophage
  • Macrophage activation factor
  • Macrophage chemotactic factor
  • Macrophage migration-inhibiting factor
  • Macule
  • Magnetosome
  • Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
  • Malolactic fermentation
  • Malt
  • Malting
  • Margination
  • Mast cell
  • Maximum growth temperature
  • Mechanical transmission
  • Medulla
  • Membrane attack complex
  • Membrane filter
  • Memory cells
  • Memory response
  • Meningitis
  • Merozoite
  • Mesophile
  • Mesosome
  • Messenger RNA (mRNA)
  • Metabolic pathway
  • Metabolism
  • Metacercaria
  • Metachromatic granule
  • Methane
  • Microaerophile
  • Microinjection
  • Micrometer (µm)
  • Microorganism
  • Microtubule
  • Microwave
  • Minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC)
  • Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)
  • Minimum growth temperature
  • Miracidium
  • Missense mutation
  • Mitochondrion (mitochondria)
  • Mitosis
  • MMWR
  • Mole
  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular weight
  • Molecule
  • Monobactam
  • Monoclonal antibody
  • Monocyte
  • Monoecious
  • Monomer
  • Mononuclear phagocytic system
  • Monosaccharide
  • Monotrichous
  • Morbidity
  • Morbidity rate
  • Mordant
  • Mortality
  • Mortality rate
  • Most probable number (MPN) method
  • Motility
  • M protein
  • Mucous membranes
  • Mutagen
  • Mutation
  • Mutation rate
  • Mutualism
  • Mycelium
  • Mycology
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Mycosis
  • Mycotoxin
  • Nanometer (nm)
  • Natural killer (NK) cells
  • Natural penicillins
  • Naturally acquired active immunity
  • Naturally acquired passive immunity
  • Necrosis
  • Negative (indirect) selection
  • Negative staining
  • Neurotoxin
  • Neutralization
  • Neutron
  • Neutrophil
  • Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
  • Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+)
  • Nitrogen cycle
  • Nitrogen fixation
  • Nitrosamine
  • Nomenclature
  • Noncommunicable disease
  • Noncompetitive inhibitor
  • Noncyclic photophosphorylation
  • Nonionizing radiation
  • Nonsense codon
  • Nonsense mutation
  • Nonspecific resistance
  • Normal microbiota
  • Nosocomial infection
  • Notifiable disease
  • Nuclear envelope
  • Nuclear pore
  • Nucleic acid
  • Nucleic acid hybridization
  • Nucleic acid vaccine
  • Nucleoid
  • Nucleolus (nucleoli)
  • Nucleoside
  • Nucleotide
  • Nucleus
  • Nutrient agar
  • Nutrient broth
  • Objective lenses
  • Obligate aerobe
  • Obligate anaerobe
  • Obligate halophile
  • Ocular lens
  • Oligodynamic action
  • Oncogene
  • Oncogenic virus
  • Oocyst
  • Operator
  • Operon
  • Opportunistic pathogen
  • Opsonization
  • Optimum growth temperature
  • Order
  • Organelle
  • Organic compound
  • Organic growth factor
  • Osmosis
  • Osmotic pressure
  • Oxidation
  • Oxidation pond
  • Oxidation-reduction
  • Oxidative phosphorylation
  • Oxygenic
  • PABA
  • Pandemic disease
  • Parasite
  • Parasitology
  • Parasitism
  • Parenteral route
  • Pasteurization
  • Pathogen
  • Pathogenesis
  • Pathogenicity
  • Pathology
  • Pellicle
  • Penicillins
  • Pentose phosphate pathway
  • Peptide bond
  • Peptidoglycan
  • Perforin
  • Pericarditis
  • Period of convalescence
  • Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
  • Periplasmic space
  • Peritrichous
  • Permease
  • Peroxidase
  • Peroxide anion
  • Peroxygen
  • Persistent viral infection
  • PH
  • Phage
  • Phage typing
  • Phagocyte
  • Phagocytosis
  • Phagolysosome
  • Phagosome
  • Phase-contrast microscope
  • Phenol
  • Phenolic
  • Phenotype
  • Phosphate group
  • Phospholipid
  • Phosphorus cycle
  • Phosphorylation
  • Photoautotroph
  • Photoheterotroph
  • Photophosphorylation
  • Photosynthesis
  • Phototaxis
  • Phototroph
  • Phylogeny
  • Phylum
  • Phytoplankton
  • Pilus (pili)
  • Pinocytosis
  • Plankton
  • Plantae
  • Plaque
  • Plaque-forming units (pfu)
  • Plasma
  • Plasma cell
  • Plasma (cytoplasmic) membrane
  • Plasmid
  • Plasmodium
  • Plasmolysis
  • Plate count
  • Pleomorphic
  • Pneumonia
  • Point mutation
  • Polar molecule
  • Polyene antibiotic
  • Polymer
  • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)
  • Polypeptide
  • Polysaccaride
  • Porins
  • Portal of entry
  • Portal of exit
  • Positive (direct) selection
  • Pour plate method
  • Precipitation reaction
  • Precipitin ring test
  • Predisposing factor
  • Prevalence
  • Primary cell line
  • Primary infection
  • Primary metabolite
  • Primary producer
  • Primary response
  • Primary sewage treatment
  • Prion
  • Privileged site (tissue)
  • Procaryote
  • Procaryotae
  • Prodromal period
  • Profundal zone
  • Proglottid
  • Promoter
  • Prophage
  • Prostaglandins
  • Prostheca
  • Protease inhibitor
  • Protein
  • Protista
  • Proton
  • Protoplast
  • Protoplast fusion
  • Protozoan (protozoa)
  • Provirus
  • Pseudohypha
  • Pseudopod
  • Psychrophile
  • Psychrotroph
  • Purines
  • Pus
  • Pyocyanin
  • Pyrimidines
  • Quaternary ammonium compound (quat)
  • Quinine
  • Quinolone
  • Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
  • Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test
  • R-determinant
  • Receptor
  • Recipient cell
  • Recombinant DNA
  • Recombinant DNA technology
  • Recombinant vaccine
  • Redia
  • Redox reaction
  • Reducing medium
  • Reduction
  • Refractive index
  • Rennin
  • Replica plating
  • Replication fork
  • Repression
  • Repressor
  • Reservoir of infection
  • Resistance
  • Resistance (R) factor
  • Resistance transfer factor
  • Resolution
  • Respiration
  • Restriction enzyme
  • Retort
  • Reverse transcriptase
  • Reversible reaction
  • RFLP
  • Rh factor
  • Rh blood group system
  • Rhizine
  • Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  • Ribose
  • Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
  • Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing
  • Ribosome
  • Ribozyme
  • Rifamycin
  • Ring stage
  • RNA primer
  • Root nodule
  • Rotating biological contactor
  • Rough ER
  • Roundworm
  • S (Svedberg unit)
  • Salt
  • Sanitization
  • Saprophyte
  • Sarcina (plural: sarcinae)
  • Sarcoma
  • Saturation
  • Saxitoxin
  • Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
  • Schick test
  • Schizogony
  • Scientific nomenclature
  • Sclerotia
  • Scolex
  • Secondary infection
  • Secondary metabolite
  • Secondary response
  • Secondary sewage treatment
  • Secretory vesicle
  • Selective medium
  • Selective permeability
  • Selective toxicity
  • Self-tolerance
  • Semiconservative replication
  • Semisynthetic penicillins
  • Sense codon
  • Sense strand (+ strand)
  • Sepsis
  • Septa
  • Septate hypha
  • Septicemia
  • Serial dilution
  • Seroconversion
  • Serological testing
  • Serology
  • Serovar
  • Serum
  • Shuttle vector
  • Sign
  • Simple diffusion
  • Simple stain
  • Singlet oxygen
  • Slide agglutination test
  • Slime layer
  • Slime mold
  • Slow viral infection
  • Sludge
  • Smear
  • Smooth ER
  • Solute
  • Solvent
  • Southern blotting
  • Specialized transduction
  • Species
  • Specific epithet
  • Specific resistance
  • Spectrum of microbial activity
  • Spheroplast
  • Spicule
  • Spike
  • Spiral
  • Spirillum (spirilla)
  • Spirochete
  • Splicing
  • Spontaneous generation
  • Spontaneous mutation
  • Sporadic disease
  • Sporangiophore
  • Sporangiospore
  • Sporangium
  • Spore
  • Sporogenesis
  • Sporozoite
  • Sporulation
  • Spread plate method
  • Staphylococci (staphylococcus)
  • Stationary phase
  • Stem cell
  • Stereoisomers
  • Sterile
  • Sterilization
  • Steroid
  • Stipe
  • Strain
  • Streak plate method
  • Streptobacilli (streptobacillus)
  • Streptococci (streptococcus)
  • Structural gene
  • Subacute disease
  • Subclinical infection
  • Subcutaneous mycosis
  • Substrate
  • Substrate-level phosphorylation
  • Subunit vaccine
  • Sulfhydryl group
  • Sulfonamide
  • Sulfur cycle
  • Superantigen
  • Superficial mycosis
  • Superinfection
  • Superoxide dismutase
  • Superoxide free radical
  • Suppressor T cell (TS )
  • Surface-active agent
  • Susceptibility
  • Symbiosis
  • Symptom
  • Syncytium
  • Synergism
  • Synthesis reaction
  • Systemic anaphylaxis
  • Systemic (generalized) infection
  • Systemic mycosis
  • Tachyzoite
  • Tapeworm
  • Target cell
  • Taxis
  • Taxonomy
  • T-dependent antigen
  • Teichoic acid
  • Temperature abuse
  • Terminator
  • Tertiary sewage treatment
  • Tetracyclines
  • Tetrad
  • Thallus
  • Thermal death point (TDP)
  • Thermal death time (TDT)
  • Thermoduric
  • Thermophile
  • Thermophilic anaerobic spoilage
  • Thylakoid
  • Tincture
  • T-independent antigen
  • T-independent antigen
  • Titer
  • Total magnification
  • Toxemia
  • Toxigenicity
  • Toxin
  • Toxoid
  • Trace element
  • Transamination
  • Transcription
  • Transduction
  • Transfer RNA (tRNA)
  • Transformation
  • Transient microbiota
  • Translation
  • Transmembrane channel
  • Transmission electron microscope (TEM)
  • Transposon
  • Triazole
  • Trickling filter
  • Triplex agent
  • Trophophase
  • Trophozoite
  • Tuberculin skin test
  • Turbidity
  • Turnover number
  • Ubiquinones
  • UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDPNAc)
  • Ultra-high-temperature (UHT) treatment
  • Uncoating
  • Undulating membrane
  • Use-dilution test
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccine
  • Vacuole
  • Valence
  • Vancomycin
  • Variolation
  • Vasodilation
  • VDRL test
  • Vector
  • Vegetative
  • Vehicle transmission
  • Vibrio
  • Vibrioid
  • Viral hemagglutination
  • Viral hemagglutination inhibition test
  • Viremia
  • Virion
  • Viroid
  • Virology
  • Virulence
  • Virus
  • Volutin
  • Wandering macrophage
  • Wassermann test
  • Western blotting
  • Wheal
  • Whey
  • Xenodiagnosis
  • Xenograft
  • Zone of inhibition
  • Zoonosis
  • Zygospore
  • Zygote

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