pulsotype

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English

Etymology

From pulso- +‎ type.

Noun

pulsotype (plural pulsotypes)

  1. (biology) Any distinct strain of bacteria separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
    Synonym: pulsovar
    • 2015 July 16, “An Update of the Evolving Epidemic of bla KPC Carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae in Sicily, Italy, 2014: Emergence of Multiple Non-ST258 Clones”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Isolates with indistinguishable profiles were attributed with a pulsotype named by a capital letter (A to H).

Derived terms

Verb

pulsotype (third-person singular simple present pulsotypes, present participle pulsotyping, simple past and past participle pulsotyped)

  1. To separate such strains