#biotechnology
- Actinophage — A bacterial virus (bacteriophage) structurally specialized in infecting and destroying bacteria of the order Actinomycetales (actinomycetes). These viruses play an essential ecological and industrial role, being utilized in genetic research or bacterial infection control, but can also pose a structural threat in the biotechnology industry if they jeopardize bacterial cultures used for antibiotic production.
- Agrobiologist — A male scientist specialized in agrobiology; a researcher who studies the fundamental biological processes of cultivated plants and livestock in structural correlation with farming practices. His activity includes optimizing plant nutrition, biological pest control, and genetic breeding of species.
- Amphotropic — Describing plant ovules: an accepted orthographic variant for 'amfitrop', describing a structure strongly bent in a horseshoe shape; in virology, describing a virus (especially a retrovirus) capable of infecting and structurally replicating within both the cells of its original host species and cells of different species, exhibiting a dual tropism.
- Anti-antibody — A specific antibody produced by the immune system that recognizes and binds directly to another antibody molecule (immunoglobulin); an anti-idiotypic antibody. In immunology, they are key to regulating immune responses and are widely used in diagnostic laboratory assays.