Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

bactéries mobiles

English translation:

motile bacteria

Added to glossary by Jeanne Zang
Sep 5, 2004 01:40
19 yrs ago
French term

bactéries mobiles

French to English Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Les bactéries (Listeria monocytogènes)sont mobiles et laissent derrière elles des "comètes" d'actine F ...

Is this mobile or motile (or something else)?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +14 mobile bacteria
4 moving bacteria

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): bact�ries mobiles
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mobile bacteria

HTH

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motile bacteria is also used
Peer comment(s):

agree Lillian van den Broeck
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agree danielmazir
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agree Hebe Martorella
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agree Narasimhan Raghavan
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agree suezen
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agree Alfa Trans (X)
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agree Parpalhol
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agree Josephine Billet : yes, I like motile too
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agree Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree ERossetti
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agree David Sirett : Prefer motile
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agree John Speese : I too prefer motile, it just seems to be the term used in bacteriology.
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agree Elena Petelos : (with David and John as well):-)
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agree Gabrielle Leyden : "motile" was the word used in my college microbiology class
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone. I went with "motile.""
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moving bacteria

Theriot Lab Research
... form a dense cloud around the intracytoplasmic bacteria, and then rearrange to form
a polarized "comet tail," which is associated with all moving bacteria. ...
cmgm.stanford.edu/theriot/research.htm
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