saprophytic bacteria
1germ — germ, microbe, bacterium, bacillus, virus, though not strict synonyms, are comparable because all denote organisms invisible to the naked eye, including organisms that are the causative agents of various diseases. Germ and microbe are the… …
2Serratia — noun a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram negative rod • Syn: ↑genus Serratia • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Enterobacteriaceae, ↑family Enterobacteriaceae …
3sapraemia — n. blood poisoning by toxins of saprophytic bacteria (bacteria living on dead or decaying matter). Compare pyaemia, septicaemia, toxaemia …
4sapraemia — n. blood poisoning by toxins of saprophytic bacteria (bacteria living on dead or decaying matter). Compare: pyaemia, septicaemia, toxaemia …
5sapraemia — noun blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter • Syn: ↑sapremia • Hypernyms: ↑sepsis * * * sapraemia /sap rēˈmi ə/ noun (Gr haima blood) blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins of… …
6microbacterium — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from micr + bacterium 1. capitalized : a genus of minute nonmotile gram positive thermoduric lactobacteria that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract 2. plural microbacteria : any …
7myx|o|bac|te|ri|a — «MIHK suh bak TIHR ee uh», noun, plural of myx|o|bac|te|ri|um «MIHK suh bak TIHR ee uhm». a group of saprophytic bacteria that secrete a slime over which they swarm to form extensive colonies: »The myxobacteria…are widely distributed in the sea… …
8mycelium — Mass of hyphae that constitutes the vegetative part of a fungus (the conspicuous part in most cases is the fruiting body). Similar, though smaller, structures are found with some saprophytic bacteria such as Nocardia …
9myxobacterium — myx·o·bac·te·ri·um (mĭk sō băk tîrʹē əm) n. pl. myx·o·bac·te·ri·a ( tîrʹē ə) Any of numerous gram negative, rod shaped saprophytic bacteria of the phylum Myxobacteria, typically found embedded in slime in which they form complex colonies and… …
10microbacterium — /muy kroh bak tear ee euhm/, n., pl. microbacteria / tear ee euh/. Bacteriol. any of several rod shaped, thermoduric, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Microbacterium, found chiefly in dairy products. [ < NL; see MICRO , BACTERIUM] * * * …