pulsotype

English edit

Etymology edit

pulso- +‎ type

Noun edit

pulsotype (plural pulsotypes)

(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^[1], →DOI:
  Isolates with indistinguishable profiles were attributed with a pulsotype named by a capital letter (A to H).

Derived terms edit

pulsosubtype

Verb edit

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

To separate such strains