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MOTILE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("motile" is a kind of...):

beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)

Derivation:

motile ((of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))

Domain category:

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

Derivation:

motile (one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action)

motility (ability to move spontaneously and independently)

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 Context examples: 

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase and superoxide dismutase positive, indole negative, and reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes starch, and does not ferment glucose or lactose.

(Bacillus subtilis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein, gelatin and starch, does not reduce nitrate, and utilizes citrate as its only carbon source.

(Bacillus megaterium, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile by polar flagella, oxidase positive and hemolytic.

(Aeromonas sobria, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, and catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein, starch, and gelatin, and produces the toxin cereulide.

(Bacillus cereus, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile, oxidase and catalase positive, beta hemolytic and produces gas from glucose.

(Aeromonas punctata, NCI Thesaurus)

Motile cilia are also found in larger organisms, including people.

(Protein critical to cilia development, NIH)

This species is motile, nonfermentative, forms yellow pigmented colonies, catalase positive, oxidase negative and hydrolyzes esculin and gelatin.

(Microbacterium paraoxydans, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile, non sporeforming, oxidase and catalase positive, hydrolyzes esculin and ferments glucose, xylose and mannitol.

(Agrobacterium radiobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is non motile, catalase and oxidase positive, does not hydrolyze ortho nitrophenyl beta galactosidase, urease negative and acid is produced from glucose, maltose, mannose and fructose.

(Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile by flagella, oxidase positive, urease negative, hydrolyzes esculin and is unable to ferment glucose.

(Achromobacter denitrificans, NCI Thesaurus)