bacterial strain

collocation in English

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bacterial
adjective
uk
/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/
us
/bækˈtɪr.i.əl/
caused by, made from, or relating ...
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strain
noun
uk
/streɪn/
us
/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition ofbacterialandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pure culture studies allow the testing of the response of the selectedbacterialstrainto the simulation conditions.
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The outer core oligosaccharide chain varies depending on thebacterialstrain.
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Solid growth media such as agar plates are used to isolate pure cultures of abacterialstrain.
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Thisbacterialstraindemonstrates that non-degradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.
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A type of white blood cells have also been tested again bacterial exposures and immunome expression varied based on the type ofbacterialstrainused.
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Infected plants show typical symptoms, such as leaf deformation, witches broom and leaf gall, which development depends on the plant's cultivar, plant's age, and thebacterialstrain.
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Even between bacterial strains of the same genus the greatest degree of inhibition was observed to occur between isogenic but antibiotic-resistant mutants.
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Our final aim was to assess the influence of previous antibiotic therapy and norfloxacin prophylaxis on carriage of these resistant bacterial strains.
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Such multiply resistant bacterial strains can easily be passed on to other people in hospitals or otherwise spread rapidly.
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As these different influences sort themselves out, changing conditions and changing bacterial strains always lead to new structures.
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The bound, selected phages can be multiplied by reinfecting a susceptiblebacterialstrain, thus allowing them to retrieve the peptides encoded in them for further study.
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These lawns were formed by one or two or more unrelated bacterial strains.
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Table 1 lists the bacterial strains used for antiserum production.
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The relative content of phospholipids in the lawn extracellular components differed greatly from those in the individual bacterial strains forming these lawns.
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The plasticity of bacterial genomes also permits the easy transfer of resistance genes between bacterial strains, exacerbating the problem of antibiotic resistance.
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Potential contributing factors include milk production, breed, and bacterial strains.
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