acid-fast bacteria
acid-fast bacteria Certain bacteria of the order Actinomycetales, including Mycobacterium species, which, after being treated with certain dyes, are not decolorized on subsequent treatment with a mineral acid.
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aspartic acid (aspartate) A non‐essential amino acid.
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fatty acids, free
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