The stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem.

An abbreviation for ‘ploidy factor,’ or can also refer to ‘perfusion’ in medical contexts.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, a technique used to separate large DNA molecules by applying an alternating electric field.

Phosphofructokinase, an enzyme that plays a key role in the glycolytic pathway, catalyzing the conversion of fructose-6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate.

Polyglutamic acid, a biopolymer composed of glutamic acid residues, often found in bacterial biofilms.

Phosphoglucose isomerase, an enzyme involved in glucose metabolism, converting glucose-6-phosphate into fructose-6-phosphate.

Phosphoglycerate kinase, an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to 3-phosphoglycerate in glycolysis.

Phosphoglucomutase, an enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of glucose-1-phosphate and glucose-6-phosphate.

A measure of the acidity or basicity of a solution, on a scale of 0 to 14, with 7 being…

A virus that infects and replicates within bacteria, also known as a bacteriophage.