BACTERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacterial mean? 

• BACTERIAL (adjective)
  The adjective BACTERIAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or caused by bacteria

  Familiarity information: BACTERIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or caused by bacteria

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

bacterial infection

Pertainym:

bacteria ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Derivation:

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

 Context examples 

This interrupts the final stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis and results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and eventually causing cell lysis.

(Mezlocillin, NCI Thesaurus)

Mezlocillin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Mezlocillin Sodium Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Microbacterium paraoxydans.

(Microbacterium paraoxydans, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

(Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus equuli.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

(Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Actinobacillus ligniersii.

(Actinobacillus lignieresii, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Kocuria rhizophila.

(Micrococcus luteus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Micrococcus lylae.

(Micrococcus lylae, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Acidaminococcus fermentans.

(Acidaminococcus fermentans, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)