Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A name sometimes given indefinitely to a group of microbes referable to the genera Bacillus and Bacterium (which see).
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Examples
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In the state of active life the bacterides are killed by a temperature of from 70 to 80 degrees, while the spores require the application of a temperature of from 100 to 120 degrees to kill them.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Various
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But, if the chickens be chilled, the conditions are changed, and they will die of charbon just as do cattle and sheep; but, as the result of the contest cannot always be foreseen, it is necessary at any cost to prevent bacterides from entering the body.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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In fact, chickens are proof against poisoning by charbon, because, owing to the high temperature of their blood, the bacterides are unable to extract oxygen from the corpuscles thereof.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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M. Pasteur has shown that the blood corpsucles sometimes engage in the contest against bacterides and come off victorious.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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-- How to prevent bacterides from entering the body. -- 5 figures.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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