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Magenentzündung
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Gastroenteritis (ulceration)
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Pathogen: Helicobacter pylori
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Magermilch
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Skim milk
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Milk from which cream has been removed
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Magnetotaxis
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Magnetotaxis
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Movement of bacteria in relation to a
magnetic field
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Maillard-Reaktion
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Maillard reaction
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Reaction of reducing sugars with amino
groups (of amino acids, etc.): browning reaction. Damages nutrient media
during sterilization.
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Maisch
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m; -es; -e
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Mash tub
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Maische
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f; -; -n
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Mash
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Typically, the slurry of corn, malted
barley, etc., to be fermented.
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Maiskolben
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Corn cobs
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Only cobs in this context; some
dictionaries list ‘corn on the cob’ (US food), or ‘ear corn’, meaning corn
that has been harvested and is still on the cob, before ‘shelling’.
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Maismehl
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Corn meal(or cornmeal)
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Maisquellwasser
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Corn steep liquor
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Waste from producing corn starch; common
component of industrial microbial growth media
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Malachitgrün
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Malachite Green
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CI 42000
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Malat
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Malate
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Anion of malic acid, HOOCCH2CHOHCOOH
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Malzextrakt
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Malt extract
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Aqueous extract from malted barley
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Mammut-Schlaufen Reaktor
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Air lift fermentor
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Maniok
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Manioc
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Polysaccharide from Cassava
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Mass
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n,
-es, -e
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Weight
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or mass, or a measure. English often uses
‘weight’ where German has ‘mass’, especially in ‘molecular weight’.
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Masse
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Ground
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Electrical ground
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Masse
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f,
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Mass
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Lump, paste, mixture
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Massentransfer
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Mass transfer
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Maul- und Klauenseuche
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Hoof and Mouth Disease
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Also foot and mouth disease
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Melasse
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Blackstrap
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Molasses residue from sugar production
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Melasse
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Molasses
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Residue from producing sucrose from sugar
cane or sugar beets; may also be used for residue from producing glucose from
corn (maize) syrup.
A cheap source of carbohydrate for fermentations.
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Membranfilter
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Membrane filter
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membran-gebunden
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Membrane-bound
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Usually refers to enzymes which are found
in mitochondrial membranes of higher organisms and in cell membranes of
bacteria.
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MERL
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MERL
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6-methyl-7-(1’-2’-dihydroxyethyl)-8-ribityllumazine
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Metallbedampfung
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n
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Metal coating
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Vapor deposition of metal for
transmission electron microscopy
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Methylenblau
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Methylene blue
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A water-soluble blue dye used as a stain.
It is also used as an indicator of the presence of oxygen, being blue in the
oxidized state and colorless (but fluorescent) in the reduced form. CI Basic
Blue 9; CI 52015
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Methylgrün
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Methyl Green
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Methylrot
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Methyl red
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pH indicator; Acid Red 2; CI 13020
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MF
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MF
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Membrane filter; Millipore Filter
(tradename)
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Michaelis-Menten-Konstant
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n
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Michaelis-Menten constant;
Km
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Relates biochemical reaction rate to
substrate concentration; often called just ‘Michaelis constant’. Equal to the
substrate concentration at half the maximum rate.
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mikroaerophil
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adj
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Microaerophilic
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Use oxygen, but at lower concentration
than in air
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Mikron
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Micron
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Micrometer(10-6 m)
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Mikrophotographie
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Photomicrography
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Photomicrography: Making pictures of
small things
Microphotography: Making very small
pictures (e. g., microdots)
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Mikroskop
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Microscope
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Mikroskopbeleuchtung
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Microscope illuminator
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Milchsäure
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Lactic acid
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Milchsäurebakterien
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pl
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Lactic acid bacteria; lactobacteria
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Produce lactic acid
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Milchsäuregärung
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n
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Lactic (acid) fermentation
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Millipore
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Millipore
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Company name; tradename for a line of microporous
filters and related equipment and suplies
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Minitek
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Minitek
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BBL tradename for a system used to test
for biochemical actions of microbial cultures
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Mischkultur
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n
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Mixed culture
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Microbial culture involving two or more
organisms
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Mitochondrion
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-rien
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Mitochondrion;
pl: Mitochondria
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Intracellular structures which carry out
oxidative phosphorylation in eucaryotic cells. In bacteria, this function is
carried out in the cytoplasmic membrane.
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MKS
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Hoof and Mouth Disease
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Maul- und Klauenseuche
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Molke
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Whey
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Monod
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Monod
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French researcher (Jacques Monod) who
studied microbial growth rates
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Monod Gleichung
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Monod equation
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(Jacques Monod): equation relatinggrowth rate to concentration of limiting
nutrient
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Muraminsäure
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Muraminic acid
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Murein
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Murein
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A peptidoglycan which is a major
structural material of bacterial cell walls
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Mutterkorn
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Ergot
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Claviceps
purpurea; similar products from related species C. fusiformis, C. gigantea, C. paspali
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Mycel
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Mycelium (pl.: mycelia)
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Filaments of fungus
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Myzel
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Mycelium
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Fungal (mold) filaments
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