microbal (mikrobal)

Same as microbial. But now we have antisepsis of the track and careful covering of the wound to guard against microbal invasion. Medical News, LII. 506. microbe (mī'krob), n. lot, 1878) (NL. mi- crobion), intended to mean a small liv- ing being, but ac- cording to the for- mation 'short-lived' (cf. Gr. μικρόβιος, short-lived), βίος , life.] A minute living being not dis- tinguished, primari- ly, as to its animal or vegetable nature. The term is most frequently scopic plants or their spores Micrococcus of Chicken Cholera. [F. microbe (C. Sedil 0800 0000 Micrococcus prod i gios us. 0 0 applied to various micro (particularly Schizomycetes ), and further has come to be almost synonymous with bacterium. Taken in this latter sense, microbes are regarded as e entially polymorphous isms, adapting them selves to varied cond i tions of existence, which inter intence the forms reason their cla ification has often varied, since their distinction into gen era and species does not yet rest on precise data. Micrococcus, Spirochoæte , Bacillus , Leptothrix , Bac Myconostoc are the genera or terium, Vibrio, Spirillum, and form-genera under which most of the forms are known. They are instrumental in the production of fermentation, decay, and many of the infectious diseases affecting man and the lower animals. IMG:content-0580.png:[blocks in formation] There is a considerable difference found in the micro bial richne of the air in different places in the country. Nineteenth Century, XXII. 244. microbian (mi-kro'bi-an), a. [ microbic (mi-krō'bik), a. [ The theory of the microbic causation of the disorder. Medical News, LII. 376.