Bioterrorism
terrorist acts involving the use of harmful agents and products of biological origin, as disease-producing microorganisms or toxins.
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pertaining to life. historical examples the recent mammals of tamaulipas, mexico ticul alvarez the recent mammals of tamaulipas, mexico ticul alvarez the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth birds from coahuila, mexico emil k. urban the breath of life john burroughs birds from coahuila, mexico emil k. urban a distributional study of the amphibians […]
- Biotope
a portion of a habitat characterized by uniformity in climate and distribution of biotic and abiotic components, as a tidal pool or a forest canopy. noun (ecology) a small area, such as the bark of a tree, that supports its own distinctive community biotope (bī’ə-tōp’) a usually small or well-defined area that is uniform in […]
- Biotransformation
the series of chemical changes occurring in a compound, especially a drug, as a result of enzymatic or other activity by a living organism.
- Biotype
a group of organisms having the same genotype. a distinguishing feature of the genotype. noun a group of genetically identical plants within a species, produced by apomixis also called microspecies bi’o·typ’ic (-tĭp’ĭk) adj. biotype (bī’ə-tīp’) a group of organisms having the same or nearly the same genotype, such as a particular strain of an insect […]
- Bio-autograph
an -n-lytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.