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Echtgrün
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Fast Green
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EDTA
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EDTA
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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (a
chelating agent); Edetic acid (pharmaceutical name);‘officially’ called
(ethylenedinitrilo)tetraacetic acid.
Commonly called EDTA.
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eichen
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Calibrate
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a. To check a measuring instrument with
one or more standards to ensure that the instrument is operating properly
b. To apply graduations to a measurment
scale
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Eichkurve
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f
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Calibration curve
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A plot or graph of responses of an
analytical procedure to several known concentrations of the analyte (the
substance being determined). When an unknown sample is tested, the instrument
response is applied to the calibration curve to determine the concentration
of the analyte in the sample.
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Eiklar
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Egg white
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Einhornkölbchen
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Fermentation tube
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(Unicorn ??Perhaps named for a researcher named Einhorn?? Perhaps named
for its shape.)
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Einmal-
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Disposable
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Single-use
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Einschluss
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m,, -e
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Inclusion
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Einschlussmittel
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Mounting medium
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Microscopy
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Einweg
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Disposable
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Single-use
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Einzeller-Protein
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Single-Cell Protein (SCP)
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Refers to growth of microorganisms as
animal or human food
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Oxidative phosphorylation |
Harvesting of energy as high-energy phosphorus compounds
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ELISA
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ELISA
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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eluieren
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Elute
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EMB-Agar
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EMB Agar
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Growth medium containing Eosin and
Methylene Blue
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Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Weg
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Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway
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Often called just Embden-Meyerhof
pathway. The major pathway from glucose to pyruvic acid/acetic acid/lactic
acid/ethanol; glycolysis. Does not use oxygen; captures relatively little
energy as ATP.
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Emulgator
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Emulsifier
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Endospore
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Endospore
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More commonly, ‘spore’; in microbiology,
this is a resistant ‘survival’ structure produced inside the cell. These
spores are resistant to drying, heat, and chemical disinfectants. Only one
spore is formed per cell.
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Endospore
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Spore
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See ‘endospore’
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endosporenbildend
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adj
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Spore-forming
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Endproducthemmuing
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Product inhibition
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Energieeintrag
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Power consumption
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Energiequelle
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f, -, -e
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Energy source
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Enterotube
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Enterotube
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Roche tradename for a system used for
differential identification of Enterobacteriaceae
with biochemical tests
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enthärtetes Wasser
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Softened water
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Water from which calcium and magnesium
ions have been removed, usually by ion exchange
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entionisiert
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adj
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Deionized
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Entkeimung
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Sterilization
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Entkeimungsfiltration
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Sterile filtration
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Not just filtration done aseptically, but
‘sterilizing’ filtration to remove microbes from the filtrate.
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Entleerung
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Discharge
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Entsorgen
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Clean up, dispose of
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Decontaminate
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Entspannungskühler
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Expansion cooler
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Enzian Violet
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Crystal Violet
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Gentian Violet; Methyl Violet; CI Basic
Violet 3; CI 42555
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Epi
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Epi
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Indicates a microscope system (objective)
designed for ‘epiillumination’, with the illuminating light directed through
the objective lens onto the object.
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Ergänzungsstoff
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Supplement
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Generally nutritional supplements
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Erichromschwarz
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Eriochrome Black
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Erlenmeyerkolben
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m, -s, -
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Erlenmeyer flask
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Conical glass container with flat bottom
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Ernährungstyp
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m, -s, -en
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Nutritional type
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Ernte
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Harvest
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Erreger
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Cause
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Pathogen
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Erregerfilter
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Primary filter
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Optical filter which removes visible
light from the ultraviolet light used in fluorescence microscopy
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Erregerstrahlung
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Exciting radiation
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Ultraviolet (or blue) radiation used to
produce (excite) fluorescence in fluorescence microscopy
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Ertragskoeffizient
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Yield coefficient
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Product formed/substrate consumed.
Note that some writers define specific
yield coefficients (e. g., CO2 formed / substrate consumed).
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Essig
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Vinegar
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Essigsäure
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Acetic acid
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CH3COOH
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Eucyte
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Eucaryotic cell (a cell with a separate
nucleus)
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Eukaryont
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Eucaryote
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An organism (cell) with a distinct
nucleus surrounded by a nuclear membrane
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Exospore
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Exospore
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A spore formed (in Methylosinus trichosporium) by budding
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Exponentielle Phase
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Exponential phase; log phase
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exponentielles Wachstum
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Exponential growth
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Growth at a constant percentage per unit
time; = log phase growth.
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Expression
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Expression
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Structure or activity resulting from
genetic structure
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Extinktion
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Absorbance (photometric
measurement)
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The literal ‘extinction’ is no longer
used in the chemical/microbiological context.
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