A liquid suspension of cells. A form of bacterial or protozoan stasis which consists of the cell surrounded by a protective layer. An unusual or abnormal sac lined by a membrane. The process whereby proteins lose their active conformation. A protein is one or more chains of peptides, which potentially have several ways in which they can orient, but only one active configuration.
Sufficient disturbance allows the peptides to rearrange into inactive configurations.
A gastrointestinal disorder in which one has frequent liquid bowel movements. A pattern of growth observed in batch studies in which two growth compounds are available. A chemical used to sterilize. The most commonly studied bacterium. The mechanism which transports electrons across the cell membrane, establishing the proton-motive force.