Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
non soporiferous micro-organism
English answer:
non sporiferous/sporulated micro-organism
Added to glossary by
Andrés Martínez
Sep 14, 2006 16:37
17 yrs ago
English term
non soporiferous micro-organism
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Thermal washer disinfecter
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• Kills all non soporiferous and vegetative micro-organisms
I know what is a vegetative micro-organism, I know what soporiferous means, but I never heard about "non soporiferous micro-organisms" and I am unable to find references about "them".
Any idea about what are exactly these non soporiferous micro-organism? Any useful reference?
Your help is greatly appreciated
• Kills all non soporiferous and vegetative micro-organisms
I know what is a vegetative micro-organism, I know what soporiferous means, but I never heard about "non soporiferous micro-organisms" and I am unable to find references about "them".
Any idea about what are exactly these non soporiferous micro-organism? Any useful reference?
Your help is greatly appreciated
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Dec 27, 2011 17:24: Andrés Martínez Created KOG entry
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non sporiferous/sporulated micro-organism
I think is a misspelling. Sporiferous or sporulated.
http://www.bartelby.com/61/31/S0663100.html
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
sporiferous
SYLLABICATION: spo·rif·er·ous
PRONUNCIATION: sp-rfr-s, spô-, sp-
ADJECTIVE: Producing spores.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sporulated
spor·u·late (spôry-lt, spr-)
intr.v. spor·u·lat·ed, spor·u·lat·ing, spor·u·lates
To produce or release spores.
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[From New Latin sporula, small spore, diminutive of spora, spore, from Greek spor, seed; see spore.]
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[PDF] Identification of Sporulated and Vegetative Bacteria Using ...
of both sporulated and vegetative bacterial samples is presented. ... and sporulated bacteria used in generating the reference library is also listed. ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sas/sas/2004/00000058/000000...
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microorganism that cannot produce spores
There are microorganisms that are not able to produce spores.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-09-14 17:07:18 GMT)
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Google: "non sporulating"
That's the correct expression.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-09-14 17:07:18 GMT)
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Google: "non sporulating"
That's the correct expression.
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