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Bäckerhefe
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Baker’s yeast
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Backhefe
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Baker’s yeast
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Bacteriophage
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-en
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Bacteriophage
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Often ‘phage’ in microbiological
literature and conversation; one of various viruses which attack bacteria.
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Bagasse
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Bagasse
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Sugar cane residue after the juice has
been pressed out
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Bakterien
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Bacteria
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Plural; singular is ‘bacterium’
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Bakterienruhr
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Bacterial dysentery
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Caused by Shigella dysenteriae
and other Shigella species
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Bakteriocine
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Bacteriocine
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Substances which inhibit or kill other
cells of the same species
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Bakteriophage
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-en
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Phage
(pl.: Phage)
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Short term for ‘bacteriophage’, a kind of
virus that attacks bacteria
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Bakteriostatikum
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Bacteriostat
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Prevents bacterial growth without killing
the bacteria
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bakterizid
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adj
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Bactericidal
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Bakterizidausrüstung
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Bactericidal finish
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(on textiles)
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Bandtrockner
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Belt drier
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Basisches Fuchsin
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Basic Fuchsin
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Pararosaniline
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Batch-Fermentation
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Batch fermentation
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A process usually carried out in the same
container (tank, fermentor) throughout; opposite of ‘continuous
fermentation’.
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Baumwollsamenmehl
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Cottonseed meal
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Begasung
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Aeration
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beimpfen
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v
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Inoculate
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Belebtschlamm
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Activated sludge
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Belebtschlammverfahren
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Activated sludge process
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Part of sewage treatment
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Belüftung
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Aeration
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Belüftungsbecken
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Aeration basin / pond
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Used in sewage treatment with the
activated sludge process
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Benzoesäure
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Benzoic acid
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C6H5COOH
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Bergey
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Bergey
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Bergey’s Manual of Determinative
Bacteriology. The generally accepted reference for naming and identifying
bacteria. There is also a Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.
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Beschichtung
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Coating
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Beweglichkeit
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Motility
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Bezugselektrode
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f
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Reference electrode
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One of two electrodes in pH or Redox
potential measurement, which is not affected by the composition of the
solution.
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BG38
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BG38
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Optical filter to block red light,
usually required in the excitation beam for fluorescence microscopy
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Bierhefe
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f, -, -n
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Brewer’s yeast
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biologische Abbaubarkeit
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Biodegradabilily
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Biologischer Sauerstoffbedarf
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Biological oxygen demand, BOD
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Amount of oxygen required to oxidize
(biologically) the organic material in a wastewater (usually in 5 days: BOD5)
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Biolumineszenz
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Bioluminescence
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Biosynthese
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Biosynthesis
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Biotin
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Biotin
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A vitamin; coenzyme component
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Bioverfahrenstechnik
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Bioengineering; biochemical engineering
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‘Biotechnology’ is often used narrowly to
mean genetic engineering, while ‘bioengineering’ or ‘biochemical engineering’
usually means the chemical engineering systems used in industrial microbiology.
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Blähschlamm
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Bulky sludge
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Bläschen
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Vesicle(s)
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Blasensäule
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Bubble column
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Blasensäule
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Bubble-cap reactor
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Blättern
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Paddles on a reactor stirrer
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Blaualgen
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Blue-green algae
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Cyanophyta
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Blaulichtfluoreszenz
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Blue-light fluorescence
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Most fluorescent dyes used in microscopy
require ultraviolet illumination, but some can use visible blue light.
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Bodenbakterien
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Soil bacteria
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Bottich
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Tub
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(or vat)
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Botulismus
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Botulism
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Food poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum
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Bouillon
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n
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Broth
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A liquid microbial growth medium
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Brechungsindex
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Refractive index
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Breitbandantibiotik
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Broad-spectrum antibiotic
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Brilliantgrün
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Brilliant Green
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Ethyl Green; CI Basic Green 1; CI 42040
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Bromkresolgrün
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Bromcresol green
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3,3’,5,5’tetrabromo-m-cresolsulfonphthalein
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Bromkresolpurpur
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Bromcresol Purple
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5,5’-dibromo-o-cresolsulfonphthalein
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Bromthymolblau
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Bromthymol Blue
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3,3’-dibromothymolsulfonphthalein
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Brühe
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Broth
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Brutschrank
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Incubator
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BSB (biologischer Sauerstoffbedarf)
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BOD
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Biological oxygen demand
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