[1880–85; bacteri- + -cide]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, impressionism, jackpot, quotation mark-cide is a learned borrowing from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in theformation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -cide include: homicide, pesticide
Examples of 'bactericide' in a sentence
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The corresponding release and bactericide activity was evaluated in different media and against different bacteria.
Sara Keiko Murase, Luís Javier del Valle, Jordi Puiggalí 2015, 'Electrospun Scaffolds from Low Molecular Weight Poly(ester amide)s Based on GlycolicAcid, Adipic Acid and Odd or Even Diamines', Fibershttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/3/2/151. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The group that used the concentration of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine 0.5% showed greater bactericide power.
Priscilla Santos Bagbed Pithon, Sônia da Silva Laborda, Emanoel Ferreira Martins Filho,Ariane Pontes Oriá, Pietro de Menezes Oliveira, Melissa Hanzer Pinna, Deusdete ConceiçãoGomes Júnior, João Moreira Costa Neto 2010, 'Polivinilpirrolidona-iodo (PVP-I) em base aquosa na antissepsia de campo operatóriooftálmico de cães Water-soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (PVP-I) on concentrationsof 0.1% and 0.5% in antisepsis of dogs ophthalmic surgery', Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animalhttp://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/1850. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bactericide action of honey in nutritive agar proved negative.
M.F. Fangio, M.O. Iurlina, R. Fritz 2007, 'Actividad antimicrobiana de mieles del sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires frentea Escherichia coli Antimicrobial activity of honey against Escherichia coli', Revista Argentina de Microbiologíahttp://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412007000200013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For control, the skins were processed without addition of any bactericide or fungicide.
Derya DOĞANAY, Binnur MERİÇLİ YAPICI, Ali Nail YAPICI 2014, 'Biyosid Uygulamalı Giysilik Deri Üretiminde Tabaklama ve Sonrası Yaş İşlemlerde MikrobiyalYükün Tespiti Üzerine Bir Araştırma', Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisihttp://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/sdufenbed/article/view/1089004622. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, studies have evidenced its cytotoxic, bactericide, and antitumor activities.
Francisca Valéria Soares de Araújo Pinho, Gustavo Felipe da Silva, Giulianna EcheverriaMacedo, Katiane Raquel Muller, Illana Kemmerich Martins, Ana Paula Lausmann Ternes,José Galberto Martins da Costa, Margareth Linde Athayde, Aline Augusti Boligon, JeanPaul Kamdem, Jeferson Luis Franco, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, Thaís Posser 2014, 'Phytochemical Constituents and Toxicity of Duguetia furfuracea Hydroalcoholic Extractin Drosophila melanogaster', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/838101. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was also significant interaction between bactericide and inoculum concentration.
J. Tsiantos, P. Psallidas 2002, 'The effect of inoculum concentration and time of application of various bactericideson the control of fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) under artificial inoculation', Phytopathologia Mediterraneahttp://www.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/1678. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Organic matter reduces the antibacterial activity even though the bactericide efficacy was not lost.
L. Nuñez, M. D' Aquino 2012, 'Microbicide activity of clove essential oil (Eugenia caryophyllata)', Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000400003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)