| Term |
Explanation |
| TAPS |
N-tris(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-3-amino-propanesulfonic
acid; buffer for pH range 7.7-9.1. |
| TAPSO |
3-(N-tris-[hydroxymethyl]-methylamino-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic
acid; buffer for pH range 7.0-8.2. |
| TAT |
Tryptone-Azolectin-Tween |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TC |
Tissue Culture |
| TCBS |
Thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose. Used in selective
isolation of Vibrio cholerae. |
| TDT |
Thermal death time (under given conditions); various
procedures |
| TE |
(Teply & Elvehjem ?) |
| TES |
N-tris-(hydroxymethyl)methyl-2-amino-ethanesulfonic
acid; buffer for pH range 6.8-8.2. |
| Tetrazole |
A class of compounds which produces a color change
(e. g., a red precipitate) when reduced
by microbial activity. |
| TGE |
Tryptone Glucose (Beef) Extract |
| THAM |
Same as Tris |
| Thermal death time |
Time required to kill all organisms in a particular
medium at a given temperature. Depends on population of organisms. |
| TPEY |
Tellurite (Polymyxin ?) Egg Yolk. Used in detection
of coagulase-positive staphylococci. |
| Tricine |
N-tris-(hydroxymethyl)-methylglycine; buffer for pH
range 7.4-8.8. |
| Tris |
Tris-(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane; buffer for pH range
7-9. |
| TRITC |
Tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate |
| Trizma |
Same as Tris |
| Trizmal |
Tris maleate |
| Trypticase |
Peptone made by hydrolysis of casein with trypsin |
| Tryptone |
Pancreatic digest of casein |
| Tryptose |
Enzymic hydrolyzate of protein |
| TSA (TSB) |
Tryptic soy agar (broth). Uses a pancreatic digest
of casein and a papain digest of soybean meal. |
| TT |
Tetrathionate |
| TTC |
2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride. Reduced to a red
precipitate (formazan) by bacterial metabolism. |
| TTC; TPTZ |
Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (forms a red precipitate
on reduction) |
| Turbidostat |
A kind of continuous culture reactor in which the flow
rate of fresh medium is controlled by the concentration of microorganisms,
usually measured by turbidity |
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