Meaning of subbacterial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. smaller than a bacterium
   not-comparable
2. Subacute and bacterial.
   not-comparable

Examples

“They are used frequently for the separation of particles of sub-bacterial dimensions and for the study⟳ of the sizes of the particles of ultramicroscopic viruses, bacteriophage and colloids.”

“Diseases that have⟳ most stubbornly resisted medical control⟳ are those caused by the subbacterial Rickettsiae and viruses. Cause of many tropical diseases, these organisms are the smallest living things. They can exist⟳ only side living cells.”

“The broadening of bacteriology has opened up new horizons in the field of subbacterial forms and has resulted in the alteration of the name⟳ of the study⟳ of microorganisms from bacteriology to microbiology.”

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