(n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
(n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
Example Sentences:
(1) The genome characterization of the typing strains for all 13 species of the genus Staphylococcus, included into the Approval List of the Names of Bacterial (1980), is presented.
(2) The genus Streptomyces was dominant in the two studied localities.
(3) The compounds favored the development of bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas and inhibited the growth of all other gram-negative bacteria.
(4) Organisms of the genus Bacteroides represent the major group of obligate anaerobes involved in human infections.
(5) The 212 strains of this proposed subserovar examined to date display biochemical and serological properties typical of the species, are sensitive to the genus-specific bacteriophage, and cause keratoconjunctivitis in the Sereny test.
(6) The new species has been placed in a new genus and the name Tricornia muhezae proposed.
(7) Although differing somewhat in their responses to various biochemical and biophysical tests, all strains were assigned to the genus Flavobacterium.
(8) Ten TBT-resistant isolates from estuarine sediments and 19 from freshwater sediments were identified to the genus level.
(9) A new genus of actinomycetes, Excellospora Agre a. Guzeva gen. nov., is suggested on the basis of this study.
(10) A new genus of spirochaetes, Hollandina, is also described.
(11) The first group consisted of all strains belonging to L. interrogans and serovar andamana of L. biflexa; the second group consisted of the remaining 5 serovars of L. biflexa; the third group consisted of the genus Leptonema; and the fourth group consisted of only L. parva.
(12) The reservosomes of Trypanosoma spp., sub-genus Schizotrypanum, could be differentiated from the multivesicular bodies of other trypanosomatids, since they lack true vesicles.
(13) Statistical analysis of 251 phylogenetically informative nucleotide positions rejects the "volvocine lineage" hypothesis, which postulates a monophyletic evolutionary progression from unicellular organisms (such as Chlamydomonas), through colonial organisms (e.g., Gonium, Pandorina, Eudorina, and Pleodorina) demonstrating increasing size, cell number, and tendency toward cellular differentiation, to multicellular organisms having fully differentiated somatic and reproductive cells (in the genus Volvox).
(14) In all cases, the determinants of the killer trait are carried by obligate bacterial endosymbionts belonging to the genus Caedibacter.
(15) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
(16) Another pigment 7 was specifically present in the skin of genus Rhacophorus and was deduced to be a pteridine derivative composed of five molecules of pterin-6-carboxylic acid [1].
(17) Bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus can obtain energy from the chemolithotrophic oxidation of inorganic sulphur and its compounds (sulphide, thiosulphate and polythionates) and use this energy to support autotrophic growth on carbon dioxide.
(18) A platelet-aggregating activity was found in many snake venoms, predominantly those of the genus Bothrops, that is apparent only in the presence of the platelet-aggregating von Willebrand factor of plasma.
(19) Sporobolomyces yuccicola is the sixth species of the intermedius group, a group of atypical species of the genus Sporobolomyces equipped with Q-9.
(20) This reduction was confined to strict anaerobes, mainly the genus Eubacterium and Bifidobacterium.
Rank
Definition:
(superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
(superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
(superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
(superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
(superl.) Strong to the taste.
(superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
(adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
(n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
(n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
(n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
(n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
(n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
(n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
(v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.
(v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
(v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
(v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
(v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
(2) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
(3) Measures of average and cumulative rank were used to augment tests of the significance of correlations between different indicators.
(4) The programs are written in Fortran and are implemented on a Rank Xerox Sigma 6 computer.
(5) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
(6) While superheroes like “superman” (21st in SplashData’s 2014 rankings) and “batman” (24th) may be popular choices for passwords, the results if they are cracked could be anything other than super – and users will only have themselves to blame.
(7) This analysis is based on a ranking of neighbourhoods according to the participation of young people in higher education.
(8) When histamine (5 micrograms) was injected into three different levels of the ventricular system, the magnitude and duration of the resulting increases in plasma epinephrine and glucose were in the following rank order: the third ventricle greater than aqueduct much greater than fourth ventricle.
(9) The rank order of potency of the peptides tested was VIP greater than rat (r) peptide histidine isoleucine = human (h) PHI greater than rGRF greater than bovine GRF = porcine PHI = VIP-(10-28) greater than hGRF greater than secretin greater than apamin greater than glucagon.
(10) In the latter case, the studies have resulted in a ranking of processes and treatment methods to protect the environment.
(11) Cefuzoname seems to be among the middle ranks of beta-lactam agents as far as penetration rate is concerned; however, when its potent antibacterial activity and broad spectrum are taken into account, the concentrations in CSF in patients with meningitis seem worth examining.
(12) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
(13) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
(14) Autonomy, sense of accomplishment and time spent in patient care ranked as the top three factors contributing to job satisfaction.
(15) On guinea-pig lung strip the rank order of potency was U-46619 greater than Wy17186 much greater than PGF2 alpha greater than PGE2 and responses to all agonists tested were blocked by AH19437 but not by SC-19220.
(16) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
(17) The eight senators, including the incoming ranking member Mark Warner of Virginia, wrote to Barack Obama to request he declassify relevant intelligence on the election.
(18) Hence, a priori haplotyping cannot exclude a particular CF mutation, but in combination with population genetic data, enables mutations to be ranked by decreasing probability.
(19) The rank order of potencies of the four AEDs was: (a) in young: CBZ > PHT > PhB > VPA; (b) in adult: CBZ > PhB > PHT > VPA.
(20) Patients clinically evaluated as effective tended to be so pathologically as well, as shown by Spearman's rank correlation test which gave a significant correlation between the clinical and pathological scores.