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phage typing

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phage typing
[fāj]
Etymology: Gk, phagein, to eat, typos, mark
the identification of bacteria by testing their vulnerability to bacterial viruses.

phage

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.

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.

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.


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