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Bacampicillin (mol wt 466) • Background Constitutive Synthesis
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Bacilysin (mol wt 270) An antibiotic produced
by soil Bacillus that inhibits the bacterial cell wall
synthesis.
Bacampicillin (mol wt 466) A semisynthetic antibiotic
related to penicillin that inhibits bacterial
cell wall synthesis.
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O
H
H H CH S 3
CHCONH
CH
N
3
O
NH 2 O
COOCHOCOCH 2 CH 3
HOOC
CH 2 NH 2
CH NHCO-CH
CH 3
CH 3
Bacarate A trade name for phendimetrazine tartrate
that promotes transmission of nerve impulses.
Baciguent
Bacill-
A trade name for bacitracin, an antibiotic.
A prefix meaning rod-shaped bacterium.
Bacillary Dysentery A diarrheal disease caused
by infection with Bacillus.
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
Calmette Guerin.
Bacillemia
Bacilli
Bacillicide
Bacilliform
Bacillin
See Bacillus
The presence of Bacillus in the blood.
Plural of Bacillus.
Any substance capable of killing Bacilli.
The shape like a Bacillus.
Synonym of bacilysin.
Bacillolysin A protease isolated from species of
Bacillus that catalyzes the preferential hydrolysis
of peptide bonds involving the amino group of
leucine or phenylalanine.
Bacillosis
Bacillus.
Bacilluria
Any infection or disease caused by the
The presence of Bacilli in the urine.
Bacillus A genus of Gram-positive, strictly aerobic
or facultative anaerobic, catalase-positive, rodshaped,
and endospore-forming bacteria.
Bacillus anthracis A species of Gram-positive,
facultative anaerobe; causal agent of anthrax.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) An attenuated
form of Mycobacterium bovis used as a vaccine
against tuberculosis.
Bacillus thuringiensis A Gram-positive sporeforming
bacterium that causes the death of lepidopterous
larvae. It is used as an insecticide for
biological control.
Bacimethrin (mol wt 155) An antibiotic produced
by Bacillus megatherium.
N
OCH 3
N
Bacitin A trade name for bacitracin, an antibiotic
that inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis.
Bacitracin A cyclic peptide antibiotic isolated
from Bacillus subtilis that inhibits bacterial cell
wall synthesis.
CH 3
CH 2
H 3 C CH
H 2 N CH
N
S
CO
Leu
D-Glu
Ile
Lys
D-Orn
Ile
D-Phe
His
Asp
D-Asn
COOH
Backbone The linear chain structure of a polymer
from which the side groups attach.
Backcross A cross between an offspring and one
of its parents or an individual genetically identical
to one of its parents.
Background Constitutive Synthesis The transcription
of genes in a repressed operon due to the
occasional dissociation of repressor from the operator,
thus allowing RNA polymerase to bind to
the promotor to synthesize gene product.
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