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- adjective
Bruce (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bruce's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The expression sites for variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Bottom left: Another single-celled parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, is the cause of sleeping sickness.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In an otherwise sober scientific paper, I came across this sentence: “Trypanosoma brucei has many enchanting features that have made this parasite the darling of experimental biologists.”
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Sleeping sickness: Disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by the tsetse fly.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Prologue: A Vein Is a River xiv “Trypanosoma brucei has many enchanting features …”: Borst et al., 1997, p.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a species of trypanosomes related to Trypanosoma brucei, the cause of sleeping sickness.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In an otherwise sober scientific paper, I came across this sentence: “Trypanosoma brucei has many enchanting features that have made this parasite the darling of experimental biologists.”
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Cause sleeping sickness (T. brucei), Chagas disease (T. cruzi), and other diseases.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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