A substance that kills bacteria.

A pigment found in photosynthetic bacteria, similar to chlorophyll, involved in light absorption for photosynthesis.

A virus that infects and replicates within bacteria.

A type of bacteriophage that infects E. coli, commonly used in molecular biology and genetic research.

The process of bacteria being consumed or infected by bacteriophages.

A pattern of inheritance where only one copy of a mutated gene on a non-sex chromosome is sufficient to cause…

Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.

An organism capable of producing its own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy.

A class of plant hormones that regulate growth and influence cell elongation.

A growing oocyte before it completes maturation; not commonly used.