bacterial (redirected from bacterial diseases)

bacterial /bac·te·ri·al/ (-al) pertaining to or caused by bacteria.

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bacterial

pertaining to or caused by bacteria.

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bacterial adhesiveness

see adhesins.

bacterial allergy

see bacterial hypersensitivity.

cutaneous bacterial granuloma

see botryomycosis.

bacterial diseases

diseases in which bacteria play a significant but not necessarily exclusive role.

bacterial fermentation

fermentation is more commonly a function of yeasts but is performed by some bacteria, e.g. those in the rumen. See also fermentation.

bacterial food poisoning

see food poisoning.

bacterial gill disease

see gill disease.

bacterial kidney disease of fish

a serious disease of salmonid cultures characterized by granuloma in the kidney and spleen, and extensive caseation of muscles. The disease is chronic and causes heavy losses. The cause appears to be a minute gram-positive coccobacillus Renibacterium salmoninarum.

bacterial overgrowth

a syndrome of malabsorption causing chronic or recurrent diarrhea in dogs. Believed to be due to the presence in the small intestine of an abnormally large population of Clostridium spp. and other enteric bacteria normally found in the colon.