microaerophile
21Microbiology — An agar plate streaked with microorganisms …
22Pilus — Schematic drawing of bacterial conjugation. 1 Donor cell produces pilus. 2 Pilus attaches to recipient cell, brings the two cells together. 3 The mobile plasmid is nicked and a single strand of DNA is then transferred to the recipient cell. 4… …
23Peptidoglycan — Peptidoglycan, also known as murein, is a polymer consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh like layer outside the plasma membrane of bacteria (but not Archaea), forming the cell wall. The sugar component consists of alternating… …
24Anaerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic (oxygen needing) bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria… …
25Coccus — For the genus of scale insects, see Coccus (insect) …
26N-Acetylmuramic acid — Identifiers CAS number 10597 89 4 …
27Nanaerobe — Nanaerobes are organisms that cannot grow in the presence of micromolar concentrations of oxygen, but can grow with and benefit from the presence of nanomolar concentrations of oxygen (eg Bacteroides fragilis). Like other anaerobes, these… …
28Coccobacillus — Coxiella burnetii A coccobacillus (plural coccobacilli) is a type of rod shaped bacteria. The word coccobacillus reflects an intermediate shape between coccus (spherical) and bacillus (elongated).[1 …
29N-Acetylglucosamine — IUPAC name 2 (Acetylamino) 2 deoxy D glucose …
30Diplococcus — A diplococcus (plural diplococci) is a round bacterium (a coccus) that typically occurs in the form of two joined cells. Examples are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. Of these, all …
