bacteriostasis
— Noun
– English
~ inhibition of the growth of bacteria
bacteriostat
— Noun
– English
~ a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth
bacteriostatic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis
bacterise
— Verb
– English
~ subject to the action of bacteria
bacterium
— Noun
– English
~ (microbiology) single-celled 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
bacterize
— Verb
– English
~ subject to the action of bacteria
bacteroid
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling bacteria
bacteroid
— Noun
– English
~ a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Bacteroidaceae
— Noun
– English
~ family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
bacteroidal
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling bacteria
bacteroides
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals