Microbiology: Definitions and explanations page 3
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- What is Anergy?
Anergy or immunologic tolerance is a term that is used to describe the inability of immune ... - What is Angstrom?
Angstrom is a unit for length. it is equal to 1/10th of a millimicron, or 1/10th ... - What is Anion?
Anions are those atoms or groups of atoms (radicals) which have received electrons and thus have ... - What is Anisogamy?
Anisogamy is the rate of two types of gametes of distinct sizes within a population and ... - What is Anneal?
Annealing is a procedure in which the sample is at first solidified (frozen) and after that ... - What is Anoxic?
Anoxic is a condition in which oxygen is not present. many microbes do not require oxygen ... - What is Anoxygenic Photosynthesis?
Anoxygenic photosynthesis is a type of photosynthesis in which light is trapped converted to atp and ... - What is Antagonism?
Antagonism is the relationship in which bacteria compete with other microorganisms to survive better in the ... - What is Anthrax?
Anthrax is a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans (zoonosis) and is caused by ... - What is Anti-Idiotype?
Anti-idiotype antibody function by binding to an idiotype of another antibody, which is mostly the antibody ... - What is Anti-Oncogene?
Antioncogene or tumor repressor gene is a gene, which represses cancer or the path of cancer. ... - What is Antibiotic?
Antibiotics are antimicrobial agents, which function against the bacteria and are the most vital antibacterial substances ... - What is Antibody Affinity?
Antibody affinity is the term that is used to refer the strength and force with which ... - What is Antibody Class Switching?
Immunoglobulin class switching is also known as isotype commutation, class-switch recombination (csr) or isotype switching and ... - What is Antibody Titer?
Antibody titer is a test that identifies the antibodies and measures their amount that is produced ... - What is Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (Adcc)?
Adcc is the process in which the cytotoxic effector cells kills the antibody-coated target cells via ... - What is Antibody?
Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are y-shaped proteins, which are produced by plasma cells. immune system ... - What is Anticodon?
Anticodon is a sequence made of three bases that are present on the transfer rna (trna) ... - What is Antigen Binding Site?
To be pasted (antigen binding fragment) ... - What is Antigen Processing?
Antigen processing, also known as cytosolic pathway, is a process of the immune system to prepare ... - What is Antigen-Binding Fragment?
Antigen binding fragment is a fragment on the antibody that binds to the antigens. this consists ... - What are Antigen-Presenting Cells (APCs)?
Antigen presenting cells (apcs) are a group of immune cells that assist the cellular immune response ... - What is Antigen?
Antigen is any substance that is considered foreign by the body's immune system and thus it ... - What is Antigenic Determinant?
Antigenic determinant, also known as epitope, is a region or portion on antigen that stimulates an ... - What is Antigenic Drift?
Antigenic drift is a process that takes places in viruses to generate variation by accumulating mutations ... - What is Antigenic Shift?
Antigenic shift is the mechanism in which different virus's strains combine together to create a new ... - What is Antigenic Variation?
Antigenic variation is a mechanism that is adopted by infectious agents or microbes such as bacterium, ... - What is Antihistamine?
Antihistamines are drugs, which act against the action of histamines. histamines are agents in the body ... - What is Antimetabolite?
Antimetabolites are drugs that block the metabolic pathway functions by acting substitutes to the original metabolites ... - What is Antimicrobial Agent?
Antimicrobial agents that either kill or stop the growth of microorganisms. these agents can be chemical, ... - What is Antiport?
Antiport is a process in which a cell moves an ion across the membrane, down the ... - What is Antisense RNA?
Antisense rna also known as natural antisense transcript, antisense oligonucleotide or as asantisense transcript, is a ... - What is Antisepsis?
Antisepsis is a term that is used for preventing infection either by obstructing the multiplication and ... - What is Antiseptic?
Antiseptics are chemical agents or disinfectants that is commonly being used at healthcare settings and hospitals ... - What is Antiserum?
Antisera are present in humans' blood or in other organisms and are a part of their ... - What is Antitoxin?
Antitoxins are antibodies which help to neutralize any toxin. these antibodies can be produced in response ... - What is Apical Complex?
Apical complex is the cell structure that is characteristic of phylum apicomplexa. this is the main ... - What is Apicomplexan?
Apicomplexa are parasitic alveolates, which mostly have a distinct organelle that has a plastid known as ... - What is Apicoplast?
Apicoplasts are plastids, which are non-photosynthetic and are mostly found in apicomplexa. they are known as ... - What is Apoenzyme?
Apoenzymes are inactive parts of enzymes that have nonprotein components attached with them. these enzymes become ... - What is Apoptosis?
Apoptosis is a natural death of cell that is programmed and this process occurs in organisms ... - What is Aporepressor?
Aporepressors are inactive protein repressors; however, once they combine with specific corepressor, they become activated and ... - What is Appressorium?
Appressorium is a cell that is commonly found in plant infecting fungi that helps to infect ... - What is Aptamer?
Aptamer is a peptide or an oligonucleotide molecule that binds to a target molecule such as ... - What is Aquifer?
Aquifer is a layer of rock that bears water and is permeable, under the ground. with ... - What is Arbovirus?
Arbovirus is a term that is used for a group of viral infections which infect the ... - What is Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi?
Arbuscular mycorrhizas or endomycorrhizas are the mychorrhizas in which am fungi or symbiont fungus enter the ... - What are Archaea?
Archaea is a group of prokaryotes or single-celled microorganisms. these types of cells do not have ... - What is Archaerhodopsin?
Archaerhodopsin is a receptor protein family found in archaea. these proteins respond to light and is ... - What is Artemisinin?
Artemisinin is a drug that is used against malaria (caused by plasmodium falciparum) and helps to ... - What are Arthroconidia (Arthrospores)?
Arthroconidia are fungal spores that are produced by fragmentation or segmentation from the already present fungal ... - What is Arthus Reaction?
Arthus reactions or type iii hypersensitivity reactions usually do not occur after vaccination but can occur ... - What is Artificial Chromosome?
Artificial chromosomes, also known as synthetic chromosomes, are fragments of dna that are incorporated into host's ... - What is Artificially Acquired Active Immunity?
Artificially acquired active immunity is a type of immunity that is produced when a person is ... - What is Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity?
Artificially acquires passive immunity is a type of immunization that provides short-term immunity by transferring the ... - What is Ascocarp?
Ascocarps or ascomata is ascomycete's fruiting body. it is made of hyphae, which is tightly interwoven ... - What is Ascogenous Hypha?
This type of hyphae, in ascomycota's fungi, originates in the ascogonium after it gets fused with ... - What is Ascomycetes?
Ascomycetes are the structures where spores are made within the asci (microscopic cells). the asci may ... - What is Ascospore?
Ascospores are spores that are carried by asci or were produced inside the asci. this type ... - What is Ascus?
Asci are the sexual spore-bearing cells, which are made in ascomycete fungi. usually eight ascospores are ...