bacterium
A bacterium is a tiny organism that lives in water. Bacteria can cause diseases in humans, animals, and plants.
The bacterium was found in the water supply.
The bacterium causes the disease anthrax.
A bacterium is a tiny organism that lives in water. Bacteria can cause diseases in humans, animals, and plants.
The bacterium was found in the water supply.
The bacterium causes the disease anthrax.
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
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At the site of infection, the neutrophils engulf and kill bacteria.
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In these symbioses the bacteria are never released from the infection thread.
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The bacteria also infect the roots leading to the formation of nodules.
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The cause of sinus infection is bacteria in the lining cells of the sinuses.
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Two important bacteria cause lung infections in foals.
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The heat destroys the harmful bacteria that are living on the meat.
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The augmentation of the bacteria is fast.
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It is the bacteria in the perspiration that causes the odor.
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It is the presence of viable bacteria in the bloodstream.
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In such scrubbers, the bacteria scrub the pollutant.