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infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… … Universalium
Huia — This article is about the extinct bird species. For other uses, see Huia (disambiguation). Huia A pair (male in front of female) Painting by J.G. Keulemans from W.L. Buller s A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1888) … Wikipedia
Pasteurellaceae — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Pasteurellaceae regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Pasteurellales familia = Pasteurellaceae familia authority = Castellani Chalmers, 1919 subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
Still Forms on Foxfield — is a 1980 science fiction novel by Joan Slonczewski. It was her first novel.Plot summaryThe planet Foxfield is inhabited by people who left Earth on the brink of a nuclear war. After a century on their new planet, the inhabitants are contacted by … Wikipedia
Protocarnivorous plant — A protocarnivorous plant (sometimes also paracarnivorous, subcarnivorous, or borderline carnivore), according to some definitions, traps and kills insects or other animals but lacks the ability to either directly digest or absorb nutrients from… … Wikipedia
Skin flora — Depiction of the human body and bacteria that predominate The skin flora are the microorganisms which reside on the skin. Most research has been upon those that reside upon the 2 square metres of human skin. Many of them are bacteria of which… … Wikipedia
Archaea — Archea redirects here. For the geologic eon, see Archean. For the spider family, see Archaeidae. Archaea Temporal range: Paleoarchean – Recent Halobacteria sp. strain NRC 1, each cell about 5 μm long … Wikipedia
crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
Micrococcaceae — noun spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes • Syn: ↑family Micrococcaceae • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family •… … Useful english dictionary
Fierasfer — Fi e*ras fer, n. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
