bacterialadj.
/bakˈtɪərɪəl/, U.S. /bækˈtɪriəl/ Biology.
Of or pertaining to bacteria. Also, caused by bacteria.
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1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. xiii. 327 Innocent of bacterial life.
1879 M. D. Conway Demonol. II. iv. xix. 211 The bacterial demon of modern science.
1883 D. MacAlister tr. E. Ziegler Text-bk. Pathol. Anat. i. xxx. 290 There are..some bacterial diseases in which one attack protects against a subsequent one, as in the case of small-pox.
1903 Science XVIII. 537/2 Bacterial spot, a new disease of carnations.
1946 Nature 6 July 32/2 Plant disease investigations by the Plant Diseases Division [in N.Z.] covered the bacterial wilt of beans, [etc.].
1955 Sci. Amer. June 85/1 Bacterial wilt, a new menace to chrysanthemums, has become serious in commercial nurseries... The infecting bacterium invades the plant's sap vessels, causes them to turn a reddish color and eventually may produce a black, soft rot of the stem and leaves.
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