putrefactive bacteria

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• denitrifying bacteria — n pl various bacteria (as Thiobacillus denitrificans and Paracoccus denitrificans) that bring about denitrification used esp. of forms that reduce nitrates to nitrites or nitrites to nitrogen gas (as many common putrefactive organisms of manure… …   Medical dictionary

• denitrifying bacteria — noun plural : various bacteria that bring about denitrification used especially of forms that reduce nitrates to nitrites or nitrites to nitrogen gas (as many common putrefactive organisms of manure and soil); see achromobacter …   Useful english dictionary

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• sapraemia — noun blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter • Syn: ↑sapremia • Hypernyms: ↑sepsis * * * sapraemia /sap rēˈmi ə/ noun (Gr haima blood) blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins of… …   Useful english dictionary

• ptomaine — noun Etymology: Italian ptomaina, from Greek ptōma fall, fallen body, corpse, from piptein to fall more at feather Date: 1880 any of various organic bases which are formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria on nitrogenous matter and some of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• George Miller Sternberg — Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg (June 8, 1838 – November 3, 1915) was a U.S. Army physician who is considered to have been the first bacteriologist in the United States. He was the 18th U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1893 to 1902.… …   Wikipedia

• hospital gangrene — Pathol. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, esp. involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria. [1805 15] * * * …   Universalium