Team:Sheffield/glossary

	GLOSSARY

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Aerobic Conditions

An environment that has free diatomic oxygen (O2)

Agarose gel electrophoresis

A technique used for separating DNA fragments according to their size by driving the molecules through a gel with an electric field.

Anaerobic Conditions

An environment that does not have free diatomic oxygen (O2)

Antibiotic Resistance

The ability of a bacterial strain to resist treatment with antibiotics

Antibiotics

Chemicals used to treat and prevent bacterial infection, by killing or limiting the growth of bacteria

Antibodies

Proteins produced by the immune system that specifically bind to certain antigens

Antigen

A foreign molecule that induces an immune response

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