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  2. Hypersensitive response - Wikipedia

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    Hypersensitive response (HR) is a mechanism used by plants to prevent the spread of infection by microbial pathogens.HR is characterized by the rapid death of cells in the local region surrounding an infection and it serves to restrict the growth and spread of pathogens to other parts of the plant.

  3. Physical factors affecting microbial life - Wikipedia

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    Carl Nägeli, a Swiss botanist, discovered in 1893 that the ions of various metals and their alloys such as silver and copper, but also mercury, iron, lead, zinc, bismuth, gold, aluminium and others, have a toxic effect on microbial life by denaturing microbial enzymes and thus disrupting their metabolism. This effect is negligible in viruses ...

  4. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Leading cause of death (2016) (world) The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths.

  5. Enzyme - Wikipedia

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    The enzyme then catalyzes the chemical step in the reaction and releases the product. This work was further developed by G. E. Briggs and J. B. S. Haldane, who derived kinetic equations that are still widely used today. [69] Enzyme rates depend on solution conditions and substrate concentration. To find the maximum speed of an enzymatic ...

  6. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Wyllie et al. report a death rate of 34% within 30 days among people infected with MRSA, a rate similar to the death rate of 27% seen among MSSA-infected people. [ 126 ] In the US, the CDC issued guidelines on October 19, 2006, citing the need for additional research, but declined to recommend such screening. [ 127 ]

  7. Microbiology - Wikipedia

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    nature.com Latest Research, reviews and news on microbiology; Microbes.info is a microbiology information portal containing a vast collection of resources including articles, news, frequently asked questions, and links pertaining to the field of microbiology. Microbiology on In Our Time at the BBC

  8. Microorganism - Wikipedia

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    Microbes.info is a microbiology information portal containing a vast collection of resources including articles, news, frequently asked questions, and links pertaining to the field of microbiology. Our Microbial Planet Archived 15 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine A free poster from the National Academy of Sciences about the positive roles ...

  9. Lysozyme - Wikipedia

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    Lysozyme Identifiers EC no. 3.2.1.17 CAS no. 9001-63-2 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / QuickGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles NCBI proteins Protein family Glycoside hydrolase, family 22, lysozyme Lysozyme crystals stained with methylene ...