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#beta-hemolytic - capable of causing a sharply defined clear colorless zone of hemolysis surrounding colonies of certain streptococci on blood agar plates [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/beta-hemolysis] [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/beta-hemolytic] | #beta-hemolytic - capable of causing a sharply defined clear colorless zone of hemolysis surrounding colonies of certain streptococci on blood agar plates [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/beta-hemolysis] [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/beta-hemolytic] | ||
#otitis media - acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear; especially : an acute inflammation especially in infants or young children that is caused by a virus or bacterium, usually occurs as a complication of an upper respiratory infection, and is marked by earache, fever, hearing loss, and sometimes rupture of the tympanic membrane [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/otitis%20media] | #otitis media - acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear; especially : an acute inflammation especially in infants or young children that is caused by a virus or bacterium, usually occurs as a complication of an upper respiratory infection, and is marked by earache, fever, hearing loss, and sometimes rupture of the tympanic membrane [http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/otitis%20media] | ||
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#fosmid - An f-factor cosmid, which is like a plasmid (circular DNA), but it is capable of containing much larger pieces of DNA, up to 50 kb compared to about 10 kb in a plasmid. [http://www.everythingbio.com/?s=fosmid] | #fosmid - An f-factor cosmid, which is like a plasmid (circular DNA), but it is capable of containing much larger pieces of DNA, up to 50 kb compared to about 10 kb in a plasmid. [http://www.everythingbio.com/?s=fosmid] | ||
#contigs - Group of clones representing overlapping regions of a genome. [http://www.everythingbio.com/unreviewed-terms/contig/] | #contigs - Group of clones representing overlapping regions of a genome. [http://www.everythingbio.com/unreviewed-terms/contig/] | ||
#bacteriocins - any of a group of substances, e.g., colicin, released by certain bacteria that kill other strains of bacteria by inducing metabolic block. [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/bacteriocin] | #bacteriocins - any of a group of substances, e.g., colicin, released by certain bacteria that kill other strains of bacteria by inducing metabolic block. [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/bacteriocin] | ||
#efflux pumps - An active transport system for the removal of some antibiotics (such as tetracyclines, macrolides, and quinolones) from bacterial cells. [http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/efflux+pump] | #efflux pumps - An active transport system for the removal of some antibiotics (such as tetracyclines, macrolides, and quinolones) from bacterial cells. [http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/efflux+pump] | ||
| − | #sortase - | + | #sortase - Any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors. [http://www.wordsense.eu/sortase/] |
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Revision as of 22:52, 10 November 2013
Preparation for Journal Club on Streptococcus pneumoniae
10 novel biological terms
- isolate - to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state. [1]
- transpeptidase - an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amino acid residue or a peptide residue from one amino compound to another [2]
- beta-hemolytic - capable of causing a sharply defined clear colorless zone of hemolysis surrounding colonies of certain streptococci on blood agar plates [3] [4]
- otitis media - acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear; especially : an acute inflammation especially in infants or young children that is caused by a virus or bacterium, usually occurs as a complication of an upper respiratory infection, and is marked by earache, fever, hearing loss, and sometimes rupture of the tympanic membrane [5]
- intergenic -
- fosmid - An f-factor cosmid, which is like a plasmid (circular DNA), but it is capable of containing much larger pieces of DNA, up to 50 kb compared to about 10 kb in a plasmid. [6]
- contigs - Group of clones representing overlapping regions of a genome. [7]
- bacteriocins - any of a group of substances, e.g., colicin, released by certain bacteria that kill other strains of bacteria by inducing metabolic block. [8]
- efflux pumps - An active transport system for the removal of some antibiotics (such as tetracyclines, macrolides, and quinolones) from bacterial cells. [9]
- sortase - Any of a group of prokaryotic enzymes that form pili through cleavage and isopeptide bonding of precursors. [10]
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