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Galle
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Bile
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Gallert
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Gel, jelly
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GAR
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GAR
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5’-phosphoribosylglycinamide
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Gärröhrchen
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Fermentation tube
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A culture tube containing a liquid growth
medium and a small inverted test tube. Production of gas by the culture is
shown by accumulation of a gas bubble in the inverted tube.
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Gärung
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Fermentation
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In strict use, ‘fermentation’ occurs in
the absence of oxygen; but the term is used casually for large-scale
microbial cultures in general.
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Gasgangrän
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Gas gangrene
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Disease produced by Clostridium perfringens
(or histolyticum or septicum)in wounds with very
inadequate blood circulation (oxygenation)
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Gattung
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Genus
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gedeihen
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Thrive
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Grow vigorously
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gefesselt
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Immobilized
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Gefrierätztechnik
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Freeze-etch technique
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For electron microscopy
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Gefriertocknung
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Freeze-drying; lyophilization
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Gegenfärbung
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Counterstaining
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In Gram staining, for instance, the cells
which do not stain blue are counterstained red to make them visible.
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Geissel, Geisseln
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Flagellum, flagella
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(Not called cilia in bacteria)
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gekoppelt
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Coupled
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In metabolism, this refers primarily to
the linkage between oxidation of metabolites and production of high-energy
phosphate bonds (e. g., ADP --> ATP); but some other reactions are also
coupled.
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Gelatine
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fsg
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Gelatin
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Animal product used in microbiology to
solidify media. Ability to dissolve gelatin is used as a characteristic for
identification of bacteria.
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Gelfiltration
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Gel filtration
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Separation by size during movement
through a gel
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Geliermittel
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Gelling agent
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Generationszeit
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Doubling time
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Time required for the number of organisms
per unit volume to double
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Generationszeit
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Generation time
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Doubling time
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Generatorverfahren
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Generator process
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An advance (and scale-up) of the quick
vinegar process. Also ‘trickling generator process’.
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Geradschüttler
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Shaker
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Shaker which moves back and forth along a
straight path
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Gerste
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f, -, -n
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Barley
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Cereal grain; source of malt (beer)
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Gesamtzellzahl
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Total cell count
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Includes dead cells as well as viable
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Ghosts
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Ghosts
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One term for fragments of cytoplasmic
membrane remaining after protoplasts rupture
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Glassinterfilter
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Sintered glass filter
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glatt
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adj
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Smooth
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(smooth) forms of bacterial colonies are smooth and shiny (because
cells are surrounded by polysaccharides which retain water). Differs from
‘rough’ forms.
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Gleitringdichtung
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n
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Rotating ring seal
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Gluconsäure
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Gluconic acid
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Glutamin
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Glutamine
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Glycerat
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Glycerate
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Glycerinaldehyde
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Glyceraldehyde
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Glycolyse
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Glycolysis
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Glucose catabolism through fructose
diphosphate to pyruvate (or lactate, ethanol, acetate)
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Glyoxylat
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Glyoxylate
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Anion of glyoxylic acid
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Glyoxylsäure
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Glyoxylic acid
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HC=OCOOH
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Glyzerin
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Glycerol
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1,2,3-trihydroxypropane. In US
terminology, glycerin = glycerol, but ‘glycerol’ is preferred in chemistry.
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GMP
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GMP
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Guanosine monophosphate; guanylic acid
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Gram-Färbung
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Gram stain
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Staining system using Gentian Violet,
Iodine, and Safranin solutions to distinguish between two major
classifications of bacteria, Gram-positive (which stain blue) and
Gram-negative (which stain red). The
two groups differ particularly in their resistance to antimicrobial agents.
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Grenzdextrin
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Limit dextrin
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Portion of starch molecule not hydrolyzed
by amylase
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Grundoperationen
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Unit operations
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Grüne Schwefelbakterien
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Green sulfur bacteria
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Photosynthetic bacteria with chlorophyll
in organelles (chlorosomes) attached to the cell membrane
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GSH
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GSH
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Glutathione (reduced form);
glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine
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GTP
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GTP
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Guanosine triphosphate
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Gürtelrose
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Shingles; Herpes zoster
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