phage typing

phage typing

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Etymology: Gk, phagein, to eat, typos, mark

the identification of bacteria by testing their vulnerability to bacterial viruses.

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phage

see bacteriophage.

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phage type

an intraspecies type of bacterium demonstrated by phage typing; called also lysotype and phagotype.

phage typing

characterization of bacteria, extending to strain differences, by demonstration of susceptibility to one or more (a spectrum) races of bacteriophage; widely applied to staphylococci, typhoid bacilli, etc., for epidemiological purposes.

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typing

in transplantation and transfusion immunology, a method of measuring the degree of organ, solid tissue, or blood compatibility between two individuals, in which specific histocompatibility antigens (e.g. those present on leukocytes) or other cell surface antigens, e.g. red blood cell antigens, are detected by means of suitable immune serum.

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blood typing

determining the antigenic determinants present on the surface of red blood cells by using specific antibodies (typing serums). See also blood group.

phage typing

see phage typing.

tissue typing

see tissue typing.