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bacterial

American  
[bak-teer-ee-uhl] / bækˈtɪər i əl /

adjective

  1. caused by or relating to bacteria.


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Some of these bacterial products also enter the bloodstream, where they can influence other organs.

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Athletes showed differences in short-chain fatty acid levels and in the presence of certain bacterial species depending on how hard they were training.

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To prevent that, they used a natural bacterial communication process called quorum sensing.

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In Romania, researchers recently examined a bacterial strain that had been trapped in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice inside an underground cave.

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This environment encourages bacterial growth and tissue breakdown instead of repair.

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