bacterize

1. (transitive) To treat with bacteria.Examples: "An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end."; "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."; "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."transitive