Serotype

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.

    "An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination."

Verb
  1. 1
    To assign or classify according to serotypes

Synonyms

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serostrainserostrainserovarserovar

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"An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination."

Etymology

From sero- + -type.

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