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Definition of Hypervirulent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypervirulent
Literary usage of Hypervirulent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"As a preliminary to the use of such hypervirulent cultures attenuated cultures
may be employed. The important question whether the bactericidal factor in ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Multinucleate cells were observed to be numerous in the lymphoid and haemolymph
tissues of cattle given hypervirulent culture virus; syncytia were also ..."
3. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products: Bibliography January 1990 by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"... Strains; Virulence Abstract: The hypervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain
A281 formed frequent tumors (31%) on Picea abies (Norway spruce), ..."