Serratia marcescens, a Gram-negative bacillus that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae, is a human opportunistic pathogen bacterium that causes many diseases, such as urinary tract infections, respiratory tract infections, bacteremia, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, meningitis and wound infections.
A tablet dissolves in water. To dissolve is defined as to become broken up or absorbed by something or to disappear into something else. When sugar becomes absorbed into water, this is an example of when sugar dissolves into water.
3. (Chemistry) a liquid capable of dissolving another substance: water is a solvent for salt. 4. (Chemistry) the component of a solution that does not change its state in forming the solution or the component that is present in excess.Compare solute.. having the power of dissolving; causing solution. 3. a substance that dissolves another to form a solution: Water is a solvent for sugar. 4. something that solves or explains. solvent-, s. of solvÄns, present participle of solvere to loosen.