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Taxonomy |
The science of the classification of organisms. |
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Binomial nomenclature |
The system of having two names (genus and specific epithet) for each organism; also called scientific nomenclature. |
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Eukaryotic species |
A group of closely related organisms that can interbreed. |
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Prokaryotic species |
A population of cells that share certain rRNA sequences; in conventional biochemical testing, it is a population of cells with similar characteristics. |
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coccus (cocci) |
A spherical or ovoid bacterium. |
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Ballicus (Ballici) |
(1) Any rod-shaped bacterium. (2) When written as a genus (Bacillus) refers to rod-shaped, endospore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria. |
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Mordant |
A substance added to a staining solution to make it stain more intensely. |
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Serology |
The branch of immunology that studies blood serum and antigen–antibody reactions in vitro. |
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Serotypes |
A variation within a species; also called serotype. |
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Bacterial strain |
A strain is a genetic variant or subtype of a micro-organism (e.g., virus or bacterium or fungus). |
For example, a "flu strain" is a certain biological form of the influenza or "flu" virus. |
