What is "bacterium" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What is "bacterium" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bacterium": (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

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  • Meaning: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
  • Synonyms: bacteria bacterium
  • Hyponyms: acidophil acidophile bacteroid calymmatobacterium diplococcus eubacteria eubacterium francisella genus calymmatobacterium genus francisella gonococcus legionella legionella pneumophilia neisseria gonorrhoeae nitrobacterium penicillin-resistant bacteria probiotic probiotic bacterium probiotic flora probiotic microflora pus-forming bacteria rod superbug true bacteria
  • Hypernyms: micro-organism microorganism
  • Synonyms:

    germ, egg, unit, embryo, microorganism, spore, vacuole, corpuscle, follicle, utricle, cellule, haematid, yeast, leavening, seethe, simmer, leaven, mold, barm, enzyme, bacteria, ebullition, fermentation agent, microorganism, disease, parasite, virus, plague, microbe, bug, antibody, pathogen, what's going around, microorganism, germ, virus, bug, crud, plague, bacillus, pathogen, microbe, virus, parasite, plague, bug, disease, pathogen, disease-causing agent,

    Antonyms:

    calm, happiness, contentedness, peace, pleasure,

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    bacterium in English: bacterium
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