Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

características superficie-granulosa (RFA)

English translation:

Rough phenotype / granular surface

Added to glossary by Parrot
Jul 10, 2006 16:41
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

características superficie-granulosa (RFA)

Spanish to English Science Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Verifications under "control de la pureza de las cepas" (for several tester strains of Salmonella):

Requerimientos de histidina
Presencia / ausencia de factores R (resistencia a la ampicilina)
**Características superficie-granulosa (RFA)** (mutación rfa: sensibilidad al cristal-violeta)"
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 Rough phenotype

Proposed translations

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Rough phenotype

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Note added at 27 mins (2006-07-10 17:09:04 GMT)
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I believe Salmonella organisms can be either rough or smooth. "Características superficie-granulosa" could be a poetic way of saying "rough". Spanish authors sometimes have these poetic tendancies.

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Note added at 29 mins (2006-07-10 17:11:08 GMT)
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Sanderson KE, Saeed H J Bacteriol. 1972 Oct; 112(1):64-73 From F+ ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]The rough A (rfa) cluster of genes of Salmonella typhimurium determines the ... In addition, SA458 acquired the rough phenotype as determined by phage ...
www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=251381 - Páginas similares


Loss of Regulatory Protein RfaH Attenuates Virulence of ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]RfaH is a regulatory protein in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar ... whereas the mutant strain (lane B) showed a rough phenotype. ...
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ articlerender.fcgi?artid=128157 - Páginas similares

Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos : From what I could find on the Internet, the "rfa mutation" (which is sensitive to crystal violet) occurs with the rough phenotype.
11 hrs
Exactly! Thank you Muriel
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Yasser, but as it turned out there was no need to get so specialised. The client gave me "granular surface". See, they had a hyphen out of place."
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