bacterize

present singular third person bacterizes · participle present bacterizing · participle past bacterized · past bacterized · alternative bacterise

1. transitiveTo treat with bacteria.

   We are going to bacterize about a ton of press cake and try it out on cane in the field, and see if we can notice differences.

   1917, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters, volume 36

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   An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.

   1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23

   This suspension may also be used to bacterize plants as foliar sprays. Biocontrol agents thus applied have been effective in bringing about significant suppression of several serious foliar rice diseases.

   2002, Samuel S. Gnanamanickam, Biological Control of Crop Diseases, page 16