bacteria

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noun

(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 (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
bacterium
• Derivationally related forms:
bacterioidal (for: bacterium), bacterial (for: bacterium), bacterize (for: bacterium), bacterise (for: bacterium), bacterial
• Topics:
microbiology
• Members of this Topic:
peritrichous, Gram-positive, Gram-negative, immune response, immune reaction,
immunologic response, bioremediation, resistance, microphage
• Hypernyms:
microorganism, micro-organism
• Hyponyms:
acidophil, acidophile, probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora,
probiotic flora, bacteroid, eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria, Calymmatobacterium,
genus Calymmatobacterium, Francisella, genus Francisella, gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Legionella pneumophilia,
Legionella pneumophilia, nitrobacterium, penicillin-resistant bacteria, pus-forming bacteria, rod,
diplococcus, superbug