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Definition: Bacteriophage |
BacteriophageNoun1. Virus parasitic in bacteria; multiplies within its host. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | A virus whose host is a bacterial cell ; A virus that exclusively infects bacteria. It generally has a protein coat surrounding the genome(DNA or RNA). One of the coliphages most extensively studied is the lambda phage, which is also one of the most important viral vectors used in rec DNA work. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BacteriophageSynonym: phage (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bacteriophage |
| English words defined with "bacteriophage": transduction. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bacteriophage": 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline-1-oxide, 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide ♦ Allolevivirus ♦ Bacillus Phages, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Bacteriophage lambda, Bacteriophage M13, Bacteriophage mu, Bacteriophage P1, Bacteriophage P2, Bacteriophage P22, Bacteriophage phi 6, Bacteriophage phi X 174, Bacteriophage T3, Bacteriophage T4, Bacteriophage T7, Bacteriophage Typing ♦ cI protein, Cystoviridae ♦ Integrase ♦ Levivirus, lysogeny ♦ prophage, Pseudomonas Phages ♦ Salmonella Phages ♦ T-Phages ♦ virulent phage, Virus Latency. (references) |
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Health | If a culture isolated is lysed by specific bacteriophage. (references) | |
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| "Bacteriophage" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Bacteriophage" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bacteriophage": bacteriophage lambda ♦ Bacteriophage M13 ♦ Bacteriophage mu ♦ Bacteriophage P1 ♦ Bacteriophage P2 ♦ Bacteriophage P22 ♦ Bacteriophage phi 6 ♦ Bacteriophage phi X 174 ♦ Bacteriophage T3 ♦ Bacteriophage T4 ♦ Bacteriophage T7 ♦ Bacteriophage Typing ♦ temperate bacteriophage. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bacteriophage | 44 |
t4 bacteriophage | 5 |
bacteriophage picture | 3 |
bacteriophage therapy.com | 2 |
bacteriophage ms2 | 2 |
bacteriophage cdna | 2 |
bacteriophage receptor t4 | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bacteriophage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 噬菌" (bacteriophages). (various references) | |
Danish | bakteriofager (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bakteriofag (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fag (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, bay, branch, compartment, craft, department, funnel, lease-shed, phage, pigeonhole, section, shed, speciality, trade). (various references) | |
Dutch | bakteriofaag (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriophagen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriofagen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriofaagdeeltjes (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriofaag (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), faagdeeltjes (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), faag (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
Finnish | bakteriofagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bakteriofaagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), faagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
French | bactériophage (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages), virus des bactéries (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages), virus bactérien (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages), toute espèce de virus dont l'hôte est une bactérie (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages), phage (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages). (various references) | |
German | Bakteriovoren (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bakteriophagenteilchen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bakteriophagen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bakteriophage (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bakterienpathogene Viren (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bakterienfresser (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bakterien zerstörendes Virus ;Bezeichnung für Viren,deren Wirtszellen Bakterien sind.Bakteriophagen bestehen aus einer mehr oder weniger komplizierten,aus unterschiedlichen Proteinen aufgebauten Hülle,in die das virale Erbmaterial verpackt ist.;kleine (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Bacteriophage (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Phagen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), Phage (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), D'Herellen (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
Italian | batteriofago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), batteriofagi di d'Hèrelle (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), batteriofagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), virusbatterici (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fattori lisogenici (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fagi (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バイヤー法 (all-terrain vehicle, baccalaureat, bacteria, Bagdad, baggy look, bagpipe, baguette, basilisk, bass, bassoon, bath, baumkuchen, Bayer process, bazaar, bilingual, bind, binder, binding, bounce, bound, bow side, bucket, budget, bug, bug fix, bug list, bug report, bugbear, buggy, bus, by-line, holidays, honey wagon, pail, sand buggy, surf clam, vacation, vacuum, vacuum car, vacuum cleaner, vagabond, vagina). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バクチリオファージ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acteriophagebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bacteriófagos (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriófago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), vírus das bactérias (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fagos (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
Romanian | bacteriofag. (various references) | |
Spanish | bacteriófagos (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), bacteriófago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage), fago (bacterial virus, bacteriopathogenic viruses, bacteriophages, phage). (various references) | |
Turkish | bakterileri yok eden küçücük cisimler. (various references) | |
Ukranian | бактеріофаг. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật ăn vi khuẩn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bacteriophage": bacteriophages. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-g-h-i-o-p-r-t" | |
-3 letters: aphaeretic, biographee. | |
-4 letters: aerobatic, apothecia, beachgoer, brachiate, carpetbag, hepaticae, iceboater. | |
-5 letters: abrogate, acerbate, acierate, aetheric, agraphic, apothece, atrophia, atrophic, bacteria, beachier, becarpet, boracite, botchier, cabotage, chapiter, earthpea, ephorate, graphite, hepatica, heritage, herpetic, hetaeric, operatic, patchier, peachier, petechia, phreatic, poachier, theriaca, tracheae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-g-h-i-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: bacteriophages. | |
+2 letters: bacteriophagies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c t e r i o p h a g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 0074 0065 0072 0069 006F 0070 0068 0061 0067 0065 |
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