Microbiology Terms by Name
Below you will find Microbiology Terms by Name. For your convenience the list is provided in alphabetical order.
- 16S RRNA
- 1] Molecular Weight Size Marker
- 2] Genetic Marker
- 3' End/5' End
- 3' Flanking Region
- 3' Untranslated Region
- 5' Flanking Region
- 5' Untranslated Region
- 5-ASA
- 7-methyl-guanosine Triphosphate
- A
- A DNA Open Reading Frame
- AACC
- AATCC
- Ab
- Ab Index
- Abdominal Pain
- ABIF
- Ablation Experiment
- ABO Blood Group
- Abscess
- AC Medium
- Accessioning
- Accole
- ACE
- Acellular Vaccine
- ACES
- Acetoclastis
- Acetyl-CoA Pathway
- Acetylene Reduction Assay
- Acicular
- Acid Food
- Acid Mine Drainage
- Acid-fast
- Acidophile
- Acidophilic
- Acidophilus
- ACIF
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Acrogenous
- Acropetal
- Acrylamide Gels
- Actinomycetes
- Activation Energy
- Activator
- Active Immunity
- Active Site
- Active Transport
- Acuminate
- Acute
- Acute Abdomen
- Acute Serum
- Acute Urethral Syndrome
- ADA
- Adapter
- Adenine (A)
- Adenopathy
- Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
- Adherence
- Adiaconidium (pl. Adiaconidia)
- Adnexa
- Adrenalitis
- AE
- Aerial Hyphae
- Aerobe
- Aerobic
- Aerogenic
- Aerosol
- Aerotolerance Testing
- Aerotolerant
- AFB
- Afebrile
- Affinity
- Ag
- Agar
- Agar Diffusion
- Agar Droplet (count)
- Agar, Noble
- Agarose
- Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
- Agglutination
- AHT
- AIDS
- AIDS-related Complex (ARC)
- Alae
- Aleurioconidium (pl. Aleurioconidia)
- Alga (plural Algae)
- ALK (or K)
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Alkaliphile (also Alkalophile)
- Alkaliphilic
- Allele
- Allele-specific Ligation
- Allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR)
- Allergy
- Allosteric
- Alopecia
- Alpha-hemolysis
- ALT
- Alternative Splicing
- Alu Sequence
- Alveolus
- Amastigote
- Amber Mutation
- AMI
- Amino Acid
- Amino Group
- Amino Terminus
- Aminoglycosides
- Amniotic
- Amoeba (or Ameba, Plural
- Amoeboid
- Amoeboid Movement
- AMP
- Amp Resistance
- Amplification
- Amplification1
- Amplification2
- AMPSO
- ANA
- Anabolism
- Anaerobe
- Anaerobic
- Anaerobic Respiration
- Anaerobiosis
- Anaerogenic
- Analytic Reagent (AR)
- Anamnestic Response
- Anamorph
- Anaoxygenic Photosynthesis
- Anaphylatoxins
- Anaphylaxis
- Anchor Sequence
- Anemia
- Anergic
- Anergy
- Aneuploid
- Anneal
- Annealing
- Annellide
- Annelloconidium (pl. Annelloconidia)
- Anorexia
- Anoxic (noun
- Anoxygenic
- Antagonism
- Antheridium (pl. Antheridia)
- Anthropophilic
- Anti-metabolite
- Anti-nuclear Antibody
- Anti-sense Strand
- Anti-terminator
- Antibiogram
- Antibiotic
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Antibody
- Anticodon
- Antigen
- Antigen-presenting Cell (APC)
- Antigenic Determinant
- Antigenic Drift
- Antigenic Variation
- Antimicrobial
- Antiparallel
- Antiphagocytic
- Antipyretics
- Antisense Construct
- Antisense RNA
- Antiseptic
- Antiserum
- Antitoxin
- Anuria
- AOAC
- AP-1 Site
- Apex (pl. Apices)
- APF
- APHA
- Aphasia
- API
- Apiculus
- Aplastic Anemia
- Apophysis
- Apoptosis
- Appendicitis
- Appendix
- Applique
- APT Agar
- Arboviruses
- ARC
- Archaea
- Archaebacteria
- ARD
- Arrayed Library
- ARS
- ART
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis, Septic
- Arthroconidium
- Asceptic
- Ascites
- Ascitic Fluid
- Ascocarp
- Ascospore
- Ascus
- Aseptate
- Aseptic Technique
- Asexual
- ASO
- Aspirate
- Asplenia
- Assimilation
- AST
- Asterixis
- Asthma, Bronchial
- Ataxia
- ATCC
- ATG Or AUG
- Atomic Weight
- ATP
- ATP Assay
- Atrophy
- ATS Medium
- Attenuation
- Attenuation1
- Attenuation2
- AU
- Auscultation
- Autoantibody
- Autochthonous
- Autoclave
- Autogenous Control
- Autoimmunity
- Autoinfection
- Autolysis
- Autopsy
- Autoradiography
- Autosome
- Autotroph
- Auxanographic Technique
- Auxotroph
- Avid
- Avidin
- Avidity
- Avirulent
- AWWA
- Axillus
- Axostyle
- B
- B Cells
- B Lymphocyte
- B-DNA
- B-lymphocytes (or B Cells)
- Babesiosis
- Bacillus
- Back Mutation
- Bact
- Bacteremia
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Bactericidal
- Bacteriochlorophyll
- Bacteriocins
- Bacteriophage
- Bacteriostatic
- Bacterium
- Bacteriuria
- Bacteroid
- Bacteroides Bile Esculin Agar (BBE)
- Bacto
- Bacto A-1 Medium
- BAGG Broth
- BAL
- Balamuth Medium
- Band
- Band Form
- Band Shift Assay
- BAP
- Barophile
- Barotolerant
- Basal Medium
- Base
- Base Composition
- Base Pair (bp)
- Base Sequence
- Base Sequence Analysis
- Basidiospore
- Basidium (pl. Basidia)
- Basket Nucleus
- Baylisascaris Procyonis
- BBL
- BCG
- BCP-D Agar
- Bcr
- BCYE-alpha
- Beer
- Benign Tertian Malaria
- BES
- Beta-lactamases
- BFP
- BG
- BGB
- BHI
- Bibasilar
- Bicine
- Bid
- Bifurcated
- BIGGY Agar
- Bilateral
- Bile Sensitivity
- Bilharziasis
- Biliary Tree
- Binary Fission
- Binding Site
- Binomial Nomenclature
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
- Bioconversion
- Biofilm
- Biogeochemistry
- Biological Safety Cabinet
- Bioluminescence
- Biomass
- Biopsy
- Bioremediation
- Biosynthesis
- Biotechnology
- Biotin
- Biotype
- Bis-Tris
- Bis-Tris Propane
- Biseriate
- Black Smoker
- Blackwater Fever
- Blastic
- Blastoconidium
- Blastomycosis
- Blendor
- Blepharitis
- Blepharoplast
- Blind Loop
- Blotting
- Blunt End
- BM
- Bordet Gengou Agar
- Bothrium
- Box
- Bp
- Brain Heart CC Agar
- Breakpoint
- Brewing
- Brightfield Microscopy
- Bronchial Lavage
- Bronchial Washings
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchoscopy
- Bronchospasm
- Brucella Blood Agar (BRU)
- BSC
- BSS
- BTB
- Bubo
- Buccal Cavity/capsule
- Buccal Teeth/plates
- Budding
- Buffy Coat
- Bullae
- BUN
- Bursa
- Bursitis
- Butt
- Butyrous
- BV
- C
- C Terminus
- C&S
- C2 H6O
- Cachexia
- CAE
- Calabar Swellings
- Calcerous Corpuscles
- Calcifications
- Calibrated Loop
- Calvin Cycle
- Camp
- CAN
- Cancer
- Candle Jar
- Cannula
- CAP
- Cap Site
- CAPD
- Capneic Incubation
- Capnophilic
- CAPS
- Capsid
- CAPSO
- Capsomere
- Capsule
- Carbohydrate
- Carboxyl Group
- Carboxyl Terminus
- Carboxysomes
- Carcinogen
- Carditis
- Carrier
- Casamino Acids
- Case-fatatlity Rate
- CAT
- CAT Assay
- Catabolism
- Catabolite Repression
- Catalase
- Catalysis
- Catalyst
- Cathartic
- Catheter
- Catheterization
- Cation
- CBC
- Cc
- CCAAT Box
- CD
- CD4 Cells
- CDC
- CDNA
- CDNA Clone
- Cecum
- Cell
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Continuous
- Cell Line, Primary
- Cell Membrane
- Cell Wall
- Cell-mediated Immunity
- Cellular Microbiology
- Cellulitis
- Cellulose
- Centimorgan (cM)
- Central Dogma
- Centromere
- Cercaria
- Cerebellar
- Cerebiform
- Cerebrospinal Fluids
- Cervical
- Cervicitis
- Cessation Necrosis
- Cestode
- Cetrimide
- CF
- CFR
- CFU
- CGMP
- CH2 O
- CH4 O
- Chagas' Disease
- Chagoma
- Chancre
- Chaperone
- Chaperone Proteins
- Chaperonin
- Charcot-Leyden Crystals
- Chemiosmosis
- Chemolithotroph
- Chemoorganotroph
- Chemoprophylaxis
- Chemostat
- Chemotaxis
- Chemotherapeutic
- Chemotherapy
- Chemotroph
- CHES
- Chick-Martin
- Chiclero Ulcer
- Chlamydoconidium
- Chlamydospore
- Chlorination
- Chlorobium Vesicles
- Chlorophyll
- Chloroplast
- Chlorosome
- CHO
- CHO Medium Base
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystitis
- Cholesterol
- Chorioamnionitis
- Chorioretinitis
- Chromatid
- Chromatin
- Chromatography
- Chromatoidal Bar/body
- Chromogen
- Chromogenic
- Chromosome
- Chromosome Jumping
- Chromosome Walking
- Chromosomes
- Chronic
- Chyluria
- CIA
- CIE
- Cilia
- Cilium (plural Cilia)
- Cirrhosis
- Cis
- Cistron
- Cl
- Clamp Connection
- Classification
- Clavate
- CLBs
- CLCR
- CLED
- CLED Agar
- Cleistothecium
- Clonal Selection
- Clone
- Clone (noun)
- Clone (verb)
- Clone Bank
- Clones
- Cloning
- Cloning Vector
- Clostridium -like
- Cm
- CMI
- CMV
- CNS
- Co-linearity
- CO2
- CoA
- Coccobacillus (plural
- Coccoid
- Coccus (plural
- Code
- Coding Sequence
- Coding Strand
- Codon
- Codon Bias
- Coenocytic
- Coenurus
- Coenzyme
- Coliform
- Colistin
- Colitis
- Colon
- Colonization
- Colony 1
- Colony 2
- Colony-forming Unit
- Colorimetry
- Columella
- Coma
- Cometabolism
- Commensal
- Commensalism
- Commodity Chemical
- Common-source Epidemic
- Communicable Disease
- Communicable Period
- Compatible Solute
- Competence
- Competent
- Complement
- Complement Fixation
- Complement Fixation Test
- Complementary
- Complementary DNA (cDNA)
- Complementary Sequences
- Complex Medium
- Composting
- Concatamer
- Concatemer
- Concentration Techniques
- Conformation
- Conformational Epitope
- Congenital
- Conidiogenous Cell
- Conidiophore
- Conidiospore
- Conidium (pl. Conidia)
- Conjugation
- Conjugative Plasmid
- Conjunctivitis
- Consensus Sequence
- Conservation
- Conservative Substitution
- Conserved Sequence
- Consortium
- Constitutive Expression
- Contact
- Contagious
- Contamination
- Contig
- Contig Map
- Convalescence
- Convalescent Serum
- Convulsion
- Copy Number
- Cor Pulmonale
- Coracidium
- Coremium (pl. Coremia)
- Cortex
- Coryza
- Cos Site
- Cosmid
- Costrovertebral Angle
- Covalent
- CP
- CPC
- CPE
- CPK
- Creeping Eruption
- Crepitant
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CIE)
- Crista
- Crithidia
- Crossing Over
- Croup
- CRP
- Crs
- Cryptosporidiosis
- CSF
- CSM
- CT
- Culdocentesis
- Culture
- Curved
- Cusingoid Body Habitus
- Cutaneous
- Cuticle
- Cyanobacterium
- Cyclic Photophosphorylation
- Cycloheximide
- Cycloserine-Cefoxitin-Fructose Agar (CCFA)
- Cyclospora Cayetanensis
- CYE
- Cyst
- Cysticercoid
- Cysticercosis
- Cysticercus
- Cystitis
- Cystocele
- Cytochrome
- Cytologic
- Cytopathic Effect (CPE)
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoplasmic Membrane
- Cytosine (C)
- Cytotoxin
- D
- D Value
- D/E
- DA
- Dalton
- Darkfield Microscopy
- Database Search
- DCLS
- Debridement
- Decimal Reduction Time
- Decontamination
- Decubitus Ulcer
- Defined Medium
- Definitive Host
- Definitive Identification
- Degeneracy
- Degree-days
- Deletion
- Dematiaceous
- Denaturation
- Denaturing Gel
- Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)
- Denitrification
- Dental Plaque
- Denticle
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
- Deoxyribonucleotide
- Dermatitis
- Dermatomal
- Dermatomycosis
- Dermatophyte
- Dermatophytosis
- Desiccation
- Desquamation
- DFA
- DGI
- DI
- Diarrhea
- DIC
- Dichotomous
- Dictyoconidium (pl. Dictyoconidia)
- Dideoxy Sequencing
- Dideoxynucleotide
- Dienes Stain
- DIF
- Diff
- Differential Medium
- Differentiation
- Diluent
- Dimorphic
- Dioecious
- Diplococcus
- Diploid
- DIPSO
- Diptheroid
- Direct Agglutination (DA)
- Direct Repeats
- Direct Smear (stool)
- Direct Wet Mount
- Disequilibrium
- Disinfectant
- Disinfection
- Disinfestation
- Disproportionation
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
- Diurnal
- Dl
- DMC
- DNA
- DNA (deoxyribonucleic Acid)
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Library
- DNA Ligase
- DNA Polymerase
- DNA Probes
- DNA Replication
- DNA Sequence
- DNase
- Domain
- Domain 1
- Domain 2
- Dominant
- Dorsal
- Dorsal Root Ganglion
- DOT BLOT
- Double Helix
- Doubling Time
- Downstream
- Downstream Position
- DRGs
- Droplet Nucleus
- DTM
- Duodenum
- Duplex
- Durham Tube
- Dx
- Dye Reduction
- Dysentery
- Dysgonic
- Dyspepsia
- Dyspnea
- Dysuria
- E. Coli (Escherichia Coli)
- EBV
- EC Medium
- ECG
- Echinulate
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Ectoparasite
- Ectoplasm
- Ectothrix
- Eczema
- Edema
- EE
- EE Broth Mossel
- EEC
- EEG
- Effusion
- Egg Yolk Agar (EYA)
- Eh
- Ehrlich Reagent
- EIA
- Electromyography
- Electron Acceptor
- Electron Donor
- Electron-transport Phosphorylation
- Electrophoresis
- Electroporation
- Elementary Body
- Elephantiasis
- ELISA
- Elongation Factor
- Elution
- EM
- EMB
- Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Pathway (Embden-Meyerhof Pathway; EMP Pathway)
- Emerson Yp Ss Agar
- Emesis
- Emetic
- EMIT
- Empyema
- Enanthema
- Encapsulation
- Encephalitis
- Encystment
- End Labeling
- Endemic
- Endergonic
- Endo
- Endocarditis
- Endocervix
- Endocytosis
- Endogenous
- Endogenous (or Indigenous) Anaerobes
- Endometritis
- Endonuclease
- Endoparasite
- Endophthalmitis
- Endoplasm
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
- Endoscopy
- Endospore
- Endosymbiosis
- Endothelium
- Endothrix
- Endotoxin
- Engineering Controls
- Enhancer
- ENL
- Enrichment Culture
- Enrichment Media
- ENT
- Enteric Bacteria
- Enteric Fever
- Enterics
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Enteroinvasive
- Enteropathogenic
- Enterotoxigenic
- Enterotoxin
- Entner-Doudoroff Pathway (ED Pathway)
- Enzootic
- Enzyme
- Eosinophilia
- Eosinophilic Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis
- Eosinophilic Meningitis
- EP
- EPEC
- Epidemic
- Epidemiology
- Epidermal
- Epididymitis
- Epigastric
- Epigenetic
- Epiglottitis
- Epimastigote
- Episome
- Epithelium
- Epitope
- EPPS
- ERCP
- ERE
- Erysipelas
- Erythema
- Erythema Infectiosum
- Erythema Migrans
- Erythrasma
- Erythrocytes
- Erythrocytic Cycle
- ES
- Eschar
- Esculin
- Esopagitis
- ESR
- EST
- Et
- ETEC
- Ethidium Bromide
- Ethmoid Sinus
- Etiology
- Euchromatin
- Eugonic
- Eukarya
- Eukaryote
- Eukaryotic
- EVA
- Evolutionarily Conserved
- Evolutionary Clock
- Evolutionary Distance
- Exanthem
- Excoriate
- Exergonic Reaction
- Exoantigen Test
- Exoerythrocytic Cycle
- Exogenous
- Exogenous DNA
- Exon
- Exonuclease
- Exotoxin
- Exponential Growth
- Exponential Phase
- Expressed Gene
- Expressed Sequence Tag (EST)
- Expression
- Expression Clone
- Expression Vector
- Extensor Surface
- Extradermatomal
- Extradural
- Extramedullary Cranial Ganglion
- Extreme Halophile
- Extremophiles
- Exudate
- EY Tellurite
- F
- FA
- Facultative
- Facultative Aerobe
- Facultative Anaerobe
- Familial
- Fascia
- Favic Chandeliers
- Favus
- FC
- FDA
- Febrile
- Feces
- FeCl3
- Feedback Inhibition
- Fermentation
- Fermenter
- Fermentor
- Ferredoxin
- Fever
- Filamentous
- Filariform Larvae
- Fimbriae
- FISH (fluorescence In Situ Hybridization)
- Fission
- Fistula
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
- Flagellum (plural Flagella)
- Flame Cell
- Flatulence
- Flavin
- Flavoprotein
- Flesh-eating Bacteria
- FLO
- Floccose
- Flocculation Test
- Florence Flask
- Flow Cytometry
- Flow Karyotyping
- Fluke
- Fluorescent
- Fluorescent Antibody
- Fluorescent Immunoassays (FIAs)
- Fluorochrome
- Fomite
- Fontanelles
- Food Infection
- Food Irradiation
- Food Poisoning
- Foot Cell
- Footprinting
- For Example, The Restriction Enzyme BamHI Locates And Cuts Any Occurrence Of
- FPIA
- Fragmentation
- Frame-shift
- Frameshift Mutation
- Free Energy
- Fruiting Body
- FTA
- FTA-ABS
- Fulminant
- Fumigation
- Fungemia
- Fungus (pl. Fungi)
- Funiculitis
- FUO
- Fuseau
- Fusiform
- Fusion Protein
- G+C Ratio
- G-6-PD
- G-CSF
- GABHS
- Gait
- Gamete
- Gametocyte
- Gangrene
- Gas Vacuole
- Gas Vesicle
- Gas-liquid Chromatography
- Gas-liquid Chromatography (GLC)
- Gastric Aspirate
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- GC
- GDNA
- Gel
- Gel Shift Assay
- Gene
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Cloning
- Gene Conversion
- Gene Copy Number
- Gene Disruption
- Gene Expression
- Gene Families
- Gene Library
- Gene Mapping
- Gene Product
- Gene Superfamily
- Gene Therapy
- Generation Time
- Genetic Code
- Genetic Disease
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Engineering Technologies
- Genetic Map
- Genetic Material
- Genetics
- Geniculate
- Genital Primordium
- Genome
- Genome Projects
- Genomic Blot
- Genomic Clone
- Genomic Library
- Genotype
- Genus (plural Genera)
- Geophilic
- Germ Tube
- Germicide
- Germline
- GF
- GFR
- GHI
- GI
- Glabrous
- Gland
- GLC
- Gliding Motility
- Glomerulonephritis
- Glove Box
- Glycocalyx
- Glycolysis
- Glycosidic Bond
- Glycosylation
- GM-CSF
- Gm; G; Gm
- GMP
- GN
- GNR
- Golgi Apparatus
- Golgi Complex
- Gonococcus
- Gonorrhea
- Good Buffer(s)
- Gram Stain
- Gram Variable
- Gram-negative
- Gram-positive
- Granulocytopenia
- Granuloma
- Granulomatous
- GRE
- Green (sulfur) Bacteria
- Growth
- Growth Factor
- Growth Rate
- GTT
- GU
- Guaiac
- Guanine (G)
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Gymnothecium (pl. Gymnothecia)
- Gyn
- Gyrase
- H
- H-chain
- HA
- HAA
- Habitat
- HAI
- Hairpin
- Hallucinosis
- Halophile
- Halophilic
- Halotolerant
- Halzoun
- Hanging Drop Slide
- Haploid
- Haplotype
- Hapten
- Harada-Mori Culture
- HATTS
- Hb; Hgb
- HBV
- HCHO
- HCl
- HCT
- HCW
- HD
- Headspace Gas
- HeLa
- Helical
- Helix
- Helix-turn-helix
- Helminth
- Hemocytometer
- HEPES
- HEPPSO
- Heterochromatin
- Heteroduplex Dna
- Heterozygosity
- Heterozygous
- HI
- High-acid Food
- Histones
- HnRNA (heterogeneous Nuclear RNA)
- Homeobox
- Homeotic Mutation
- Homologous Chromosomes
- Homologous Recombination
- Homology
- Homozygous
- Host Strain (bacterial)
- HTST
- Human Gene Therapy
- Human Genome Initiative
- Hybridization
- Hybridoma
- Hydrol Molasses
- Hydrophilicity Plot
- Hyperthermophile
- I.d.
- I.t.
- I.v.
- ICA
- Icosahedron
- ICT
- Icterus
- ID
- Idiopathic Cardiomypathy
- Idiotope
- IE
- IEF
- IEP
- IF
- IFA
- IFE
- Ifix
- IFN
- Ig, IgG, Etc
- IH
- IHA
- IL-2
- IM; I.m.
- IMF
- Immobilized Enzyme
- Immune Individual
- Immune Response
- Immune1 (adjective)
- Immune2 (noun)
- Immunity
- Immunization
- Immunofluorescence
- Immunogen
- Immunoglobulin
- Immunologic Memory
- Immunology
- Immunoperoxidase Stain
- Immunoprecipitation
- Immunosuppression
- Impedance
- Imperfect State
- Impetigo
- In Situ Hybridization
- In Utero
- In Vitro
- In Vivo
- Inapparent Infection
- Incidence
- Incidence Rate
- Inclusion Bodies
- Incubation Period
- Indicator Organism
- Indigenous Flora Or Microflora
- Indolent
- Induced Enzyme
- Induced Malaria
- Inducer
- Induction
- Induration
- Infarct
- Infected Individual
- Infection
- Infection Thread
- Infectious Agent
- Infectious Disease
- Infestation
- Infiltrate
- Inflammation
- Influenza
- Influenza Virus
- Informatics
- INH
- Inh EIA
- Inhibition
- Inhibitory Quotient
- Initiation Codon
- Initiator TRNA
- Inoculum
- Insecticide
- Insert
- Insertion
- Insertion Sequence
- Insertion Sequence (IS Element)
- Inspissation
- Integration
- Intercalary
- Interferon
- Intergenic
- Intermediate Host
- Interphase
- Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer
- Interstitial
- Intertrigo
- Intracellular
- Intracranial
- Intramuscular (intraperitoneal, Intravenous)
- Intrapartum
- Intraperitoneally
- Intrauterine
- Intron
- Intubation
- Invasiveness
- Inverse PCR
- Inverted Repeats
- Involution Forms
- Ion-exchange Chromatography
- Ionophore
- IP
- IRMA
- Ischemia
- Isoenzyme (isozyme)
- Isolation
- Isotonic
- Isotope
- Isozyme
- ISP
- IU
- IUD
- IVDU
- IVP
- Jaccard Coefficient (SJ)
- Jaundice
- Joule
- K
- K Agar
- Kala Azar
- Kanamycin
- Karyosome
- Karyotype
- Kawasaki Disease
- Kb
- KCl
- KCN
- Kd
- Kerandel's Sign
- Keratin
- Keratinophilic
- Keratitis
- KF
- KF Streptococcus (agar, Broth)
- Kg
- KIA
- Kilobase (kb)
- Kinase
- Kingdom
- Kinteochore
- KL Virulence Agar
- Klenow Fragment
- Knock-out Experiment
- Knott Technique
- KOH
- Kohler Illumination
- Kovacs Reagent
- L
- L Form
- L Form (L-phase, L-phase Variant)
- L-chain
- LA
- Lactic Acid Bacteria
- Lactic Acid Fermentation
- Lag Phase
- Lagochilascris Minor
- Laked Blood
- Laked Kanamycin-vancomycin Agar (LKV)
- LAL
- Laminar Flow
- Lanose
- Lantern Ring
- Larva Migrans, Cutaneous/visceral/ocular
- Laryngitis
- Laryngotracheobronchitis
- Lash Serum Medium
- Latent
- Latent Virus
- Lb
- LB Broth (or Agar)
- LD
- LDH
- LE
- Leaching
- Leader Sequence
- Lecithin
- Lecithinase
- Lectin
- Leishman-Donovan (L-D) Body
- Leptomonad
- LET
- Lethargy
- Leucine Zipper
- Leukemia
- Leukocidin
- Leukocyte
- Leukocytosis
- Leukopenia
- LGV
- Library
- Lichen
- LICNR
- Ligase
- Ligation
- Limulus Amebocyte Lysate
- Linear Epitope
- Linkage
- Linkage Map
- Linker
- LIP
- Lipase
- Lipid
- Lipofectin
- Lipopolysaccharide
- Liposome
- Lithotroph
- LM
- LMC
- Localize
- Locus (pl. Loci)
- Loeffler Syndrome
- Logarithmic Phase
- Long(q) And Short(p) Arms
- Lophotrichous
- Low Passage Cell Line
- Low-acid Food
- Lower Respiratory Tract
- LP
- LPA
- LPAT
- LPS
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumen
- Luminescence
- Lyme Disease
- Lymph
- Lymph Varices
- Lymphadenitis
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphocyte
- Lymphocytosis
- Lymphokine
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders
- Lyomphoma
- Lysin
- Lysis
- Lysogen
- Lysogeny
- Lysosome
- M
- M Broth
- M13
- Mab
- MAC
- MAC EIA
- Macroconidium (pl. Macroconidia)
- Macromolecule
- Macronucleus
- Macrophage
- Macrorestriction Map
- Macular
- Maculopapular
- Magnetosome
- Magnetotactic Bacteria
- Magnetotaxis
- Maillard Reaction
- Maintenance Methylase
- Major Histocompatability Complex (MHC)
- Malabsorption
- Malabsorptive Diarrhea
- Malaise
- Malarial Pigment
- Malignant
- Malignant Tertian Malaria
- Mapping
- Marker
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mast Cell
- Maurer's Dots Or Clefts
- Mb
- MBC
- MCV
- MD
- Me
- Meconium
- Media, Differential
- Media, Enrichment
- Media, Selective
- Media, Supportive
- Mediastinum
- Medium (plural Media)
- Megabase (Mb)
- Megacolon
- Megaesophagus
- MEIA
- Meiosis
- Melena
- Meleney's Ulcer
- Melting
- Memory Cell
- Menaquinones
- Meninges
- Meningitis
- Meningoencephalitis
- MEq
- MEq/L
- Merosporangium (pl. Merosporangia)
- Merozoite
- MES
- Mesenteric Adenitis
- Mesentery
- Mesophile
- Mesophilic
- Messenger RNA (mRNA)
- Metabolism
- Metacercaria
- Metaphase
- Metaphyseal
- Metastasis
- Metastatic
- Methanogen
- Methanogenesis
- Methanogenic
- Methanotroph
- Methylotroph
- Metula (pl. Metulae)
- Mg
- Mg/ml
- MHA-TP
- MHC Class I Protein
- MHC Class II Protein
- MIC
- Micro-IF
- Microaerobic
- Microaerophile
- Microaerophile, Obligate
- Microaerophilic
- Microaerotolerant Anaerobe
- Microangiopoathic Hemolytic Anemia
- Microbiology
- Microcalorimetry
- Microconidium (pl. Microconidia)
- Microenvironment
- Microfilaria
- Micrometer (micron)
- Micron
- Micronucleus
- Microorganism
- Microplasmodesmata
- Microtubules
- MIL
- Miliary
- Min
- MinESS
- Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)
- Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
- Minus (negative)-strand Nucleic Acid
- MIO
- MIO Medium
- Miracidium
- Missense Mutation
- Mitochondrion (plural Mitochondria)
- Mitogen
- Mitosis
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mixed Culture (pure Culture)
- Mixotroph
- Ml
- MLC
- MM
- Mo
- Molasses
- Mold
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Molecular Oxygen
- Molecule
- Molluscicide
- Monoarticular
- Monocistronic
- Monoclonal Antibody
- Monocyte
- Monocytosis
- Monoecious
- Monolayer
- Monomer
- Monomorphic
- Monotrichous
- Montenegro Test
- MOPS
- MOPSO
- Morbidity
- Morbidity Rate
- Morbilliform Rash
- Morphotype
- Mortality
- Mortality Rate
- Mos
- Most Probable Number
- Motif
- Motility
- MOTT
- MPC
- MPN
- MR-VP
- MR-VP Medium
- MRI
- MRNA
- MRNA Export
- MRNA Processing
- MRSA
- MSAIDs
- MTM
- MU
- Mucilage
- Mucocutaneous
- Mucopurulent
- Mucosa
- Multi-gene Family
- Multicistronic Message
- Multicopy Plasmids
- Multifactorial Or Multigenic Disorders
- Multilocular Cyst
- Multiple Cloning Site
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiplexing
- Murein
- Muriform
- Murmur
- Mushroom
- Mutagen
- Mutant
- Mutation
- Mutualism
- MW
- Myalgia
- Mycelia Sterilia
- Mycelium (pl. Mycelia)
- Mycetoma
- Mycology
- Mycoplasma
- Mycorrhiza
- Mycosis (pl. Mycoses)
- Myeloma
- Myiasis
- Myocarditis
- Myositis
- MYP Agar
- N
- N Terminus
- N-acetylmuramic Acid
- Na2HPO4
- NaCl
- Nagler Test
- NaHCO3
- Nanophyetus Salmincola
- NaOH
- Nares
- Nasopharyngeal
- Native Gel
- Natural Killer (NK) Cell
- NB
- Necropsy
- Necrosis
- Necrotizing Fascitis
- Negri Bodies
- Neonatal
- NEPH
- Nephrosis
- Nested Pcr
- Neuritis
- Neuropathy
- Neurotrophic
- Neutropenia
- Neutrophilic
- NF
- NFB
- NGU
- Nick
- Nick Translation
- Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD)
- Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate (NADP)
- Nicotinic Acid (niacin)
- NIH
- NIOSH
- Nitrate
- Nitrate Test
- Nitrification
- Nitrifying Bacteria
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Nitrogenase
- Nitrogenous Base
- NMR
- Nocturnal
- Nodular Body
- Nodule
- Nomenclature
- Non-coding Strand
- Nonconservative Substitution
- Nonphotochromogens
- Nonpolar
- Nonpresumptive Identification
- Nonselective Media
- Nonsence Codon
- Nonsense Mutation
- Nonseptate
- Nonsporulating
- Nonsterile Sites
- Nonsulfur Purple Bacteria
- Nonsuppurative Sequelae
- Nontranslated RNA (NTR)
- Normotensive
- Northern Blot
- Nosocomial
- Nosocomial Infection
- Note However That When The RNA Is Transcribed From This Sequence, The ANTI-SENSE Strand Is Used As The Template For RNA Polymeri
- Nt
- Nuchal Rigidity
- Nuclear Run-on
- Nuclease
- Nuclease Protection Assay
- Nucleic Acid
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Nucleic Acid Probe
- Nucleocapsid
- Nucleoid
- Nucleoside
- Nucleotide
- Nucleus
- Numerical Taxonomy
- Nutrient
- Nutrient Agar
- Nutrient Broth
- Nutrient Broth (Agar)
- O
- O & P
- O C
- O-F
- O2
- Obligate
- Obligate Aerobe
- Obligate Anaerobe
- Obligate Parasite
- Occult Blood
- Octal Numbers
- OF
- OF Medium
- OGYE
- OGYE Agar
- Oil Immersion Microscopy
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotide
- Oligonucleotide
- Oligotrophic
- Onchocercoma
- Oncogene
- Oncogenic
- Oncogenic Transformation
- Oncosphere
- ONPG
- Open Reading Frame
- Open Reading Frame (ORF)
- Operator
- Operculated Ova
- Operculum
- Operon
- Opisthotonic
- Opportunistic Infection
- Opportunistic Pathogens
- Opsonic
- Opsonization
- Opsonize
- OPV
- Orchitis
- Organelle
- Organomegaly
- Organotroph
- Origin Of Replication
- Origin Recognition Complex
- Oropharyngeal
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- OSHA
- Osmophilic
- Osmosis
- Osteomyelitis
- Ostiole
- OTC
- Otitis
- Ototoxic
- Outbreak
- Overhang
- Overlapping Clones
- Oxgall
- Oxic
- Oxidase Test
- Oxidation
- Oxidation-reduction (redox) Reaction
- Oxidation-reduction Potential
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Oxygenic
- Oxygenic Photosynthesis
- Oz
- P-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)
- PABA
- Package
- Palindrome
- Palindromic Sequence
- Palpation
- Pancytpoenia
- Pandemic
- Pantothenic Acid
- PAPR
- Papule
- Paraben; Methyl Paraben Propyl Paraben
- Paracentesis
- Parasite
- Parasitemia
- Paratope
- Paravertebral
- Parenchyma
- Parenteral
- Paresis
- Paronychia
- Parotitis
- Paroxysm
- Parthenogenesis
- PAS
- Passive Immunity
- Pasteurization
- Pathogen
- Pathogenic
- Pathogenicity
- Pathognomic
- Pathological
- PBP
- PBR322
- PCA
- PCB
- PCP
- PCR
- Pectinate
- Pectinate Body
- PEG
- Pellicle
- Penase
- Penetrance
- Penicillinase-(B-lactamase I)
- Penicylinder
- PEP
- Peptide
- Peptide Bond
- Peptide-binding Groove
- Peptidoglycan
- Peptidyl Transferase
- Percutaneous
- Perfect State (teleomorph State)
- Pericardial Tamponade
- Pericarditis
- Perigo Factor
- Perineum
- Periodicity
- Periorbital
- Periosteum
- Periostitis
- Periplasmic
- Peristalsis
- Perithecium (pl. Perithecia)
- Peritoneal Cavity
- Peritonitis
- Peritrichous Flagellation
- Periumbilical
- Peroxidase
- Person To Person Epidemic
- Personal Hygiene
- Petechiae
- Petechial Rash
- Peyer's Patches
- PFU
- Phaeo
- Phaeohyphomycosis
- Phage
- Phagemid
- Phagocyte
- Phagocytosis
- Pharyngitis
- Phase Variation
- Phase-contrast Microscopy
- Phenol Coefficient
- Phenotype
- Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar (PEA)
- Phialide
- Phialoconidium (pl. Phialoconidia)
- Phosphodiester Bond
- Phospholipid
- Phosphorylation
- Photoautotroph
- Photochromogens
- Photohetrotroph
- Photophobia
- Photophosphorylation
- Photosynthesis
- Phototaxis
- Phototroph
- PHS
- Phycobilin
- Phycobiliproteins
- Phycomycosis
- Phylogeny
- Physical Map
- Phytanyl
- Pica
- PID
- Pili
- Pilonidal Cyst
- Pilus (plural Pili)
- Pinocytosis
- Pinworm
- Pipe-stem Fibrosis
- PIPES
- PKU
- Plaque
- Plaque-forming Unit
- Plasma
- Plasma Cell
- Plasma Membrane
- Plasmid
- Plasmids
- Platelet
- Pleocytosis
- Pleomorphic
- Pleomorphism
- Plerocercoid
- Pleura
- Pleuritic
- Pleurodynia
- Pleuropulmonary
- Plus-strand Nucleic Acid
- PM
- PMC
- PML
- PMN
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Aspiration
- Pneumonitis
- Pneumothorax
- PO, P.o.
- Point Mutation
- Polar
- Polar Filaments
- Polar Flagellation
- Polar Plugs
- Polarography
- Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB)
- PolyA Tail
- Polyacrylamide Gel (PAGE)
- Polyarticular
- Polycistronic
- Polyclonal Antibody
- Polyclonal Antiserum
- Polygenic Disorders
- Polymer
- Polymerase
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism
- Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte (PMN)
- Polynucleotide
- Polynucleotide Kinase
- Polypeptide
- Polyprotein
- Polysaccharide
- Polysome
- POPSO
- Porin
- Porphin
- Porphyrin
- Portal Circulation
- Porter
- Post Ictal
- Post-transcriptional Regulation
- Post-translational Processing
- Post-translational Regulation
- PPD
- PPLO
- PPNG
- PRAS
- PRE
- Pre-mRNA
- Precipitation
- Precipitin Test
- Preeclampsia
- Prepatent Period
- PreReduced Anaerobically Sterilized (PRAS)
- Presumptive Identification
- Prevalence
- Prevalence Rate
- Pribnow Box
- Primary Antibody Response
- Primary Metabolite
- Primary Producer
- Primary Structure
- Primary Transcript
- Primase
- Primer
- Primer Extension
- Prion
- PRN, P.r.n.
- Probe
- Processing
- Prochlorophyte
- Proctitis
- Proctocolitis
- Prodromal
- Proglottid
- Prognosis
- Progressive Bacterial Synergistic Gangrene
- Prokaryote
- Prokaryotic
- Promastigote
- Promoter
- Promoter Site
- Proof-reading
- Propagule
- Prophage
- Prophylactic
- Prophylaxis
- Prostatisis
- Prostheca
- Prosthesis
- Prosthetic Group
- Proteasome
- Protein
- Protein A
- Protenuria
- Proteome
- Protist
- Protista1
- Protista2
- Proto-oncogene
- Protoheme
- Proton Motive Force (PMF)
- Protoplasm
- Protoplast
- Protoporphyrin
- Prototroph
- Protozoa
- Provirus
- Proximal Phalanx
- Pruritus
- Pseudocyst
- Pseudogene
- Pseudohypha
- Pseudohypha (pl. Pseudohyphae)
- Pseudoknot
- Pseudomembrane
- Pseudomembranous Colitis (PMC)
- Pseudomonad
- Pseudopodium (plural
- Pseudorevertant
- Psychrophile
- Psychrophilic
- Psychrotolerant
- Psychrotroph
- Ptosis
- PTT
- Public Health
- Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)
- Punctate
- Pure Culture
- Purine
- Purple Sulfur Bacteria
- Purpura
- Purulent
- Pus
- Pustular
- Pycnidium (pl. Pycnidia)
- Pyelonephritis
- Pyocin
- Pyoderma
- Pyogenic
- Pyriform
- Pyrimidine
- Pyrite
- Pyrogenic
- Pyuria
- PZA
- Q10
- Q12h
- Q2h
- Q4h
- Q6h
- Q8h
- QC
- Qd
- Qid
- QNS
- Qod
- Qt
- Quadriparesis
- Quarantine
- Quartan Malaria
- Quaternary Ammonium Compound; Quaternary; Quat
- Quaternary Structure
- Quotidian Malaria
- R Factor
- RA
- Racquet Hypha
- Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
- Radioisotope
- Radiometric Analysis
- Rales
- Random Primed Synthesis
- Rare- Cutter Enzyme
- Rash
- RAST
- RBC
- REA
- Reaction Center
- Reading Frame
- Reading-frame Shift
- Reagin
- Recalcitrant
- Recessive
- Recombinant Clones
- Recombinant DNA
- Recombinant DNA Technologies
- Recombinase
- Recombination
- Recombination-Repair
- Rectal Prolapse
- Rectocolitis
- Redia
- Redox
- Reduction
- Reduction Potential
- Reductive Dechlorination
- Regulation
- Regulatory Regions Or Sequences
