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bacteriolysis
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bacteriolysis [bak‚tir·ē′äl·ə·səs]
(microbiology)
Dissolution of bacterial cells.


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The sensitivity to the bacteriolytic activity of the complement pathway may determine the incompetence of a host (30).
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Naturally occurring viruses of bacteria (called bacteriophages, or phages) may help augment anti-anthrax strategies and have recently been investigated as sources for bacteriolytic agents useful against anthrax (Schuch, Nelson, & Fischetti, 2002).
 
 
 
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