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Type of bacteria with round cells and may be in groups, bunches or long chains. They do not produce spores and may cause food poisoning. A spherical-shaped bacterium. A bacterium shaped like a ball. A bacterium of spherical shape (from the Greek kokkos—a berry). Cocci, round or generally round bacterium. A bacterial type that is…

A substance which when added to liquids to form insoluble flow particles that absorb and precipitate colloidal and suspended solids. An agent promoting clotting of blood. A substance that causes or speeds up the clotting of blood. A substance which can make blood clot. Any substance capable of converting blood from a liquid to a…

Another name for cover, cap or lid. In psychology, a factor in visual grouping where there is a perceptual tendency to perceive gaps in a figure as being closed or complete. Shutting or bringing together as in suturing together the edges of a laceration wound.  

An anaerobic microorganism that causes food poisoning, with some spores very heat resistant. The organism is universally prevalent. The most common causative agent of gas gangrene. A species of bacteria characterized as obligate anaerobic or microaerophilic, gram-positive, spore-forming, and rod-shaped. This species is primarily known as the most common cause of gas gangrene. It is…

Bacteria that produce toxin responsible for food poisoning known as botulism. An anaerobic bacteria which produce very heat resistant spores. The organism is a gram-positive rod. An anaerobic bacterium responsible for causing botulism in people. Motile food poisoning species possessing both saccharolytic and proteolytic properties, and forming in infected food an exotoxin of very great…

Purification of a liquid by removing the solid suspended particles. The removal of turbidity from a solution.