(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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bacterium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacteria |
| Type of | micro-organism, microorganism |
| Has types | acidophil, rod, superbug, legionella, legionella pneumophilia, acidophile, true bacteria, neisseria gonorrhoeae, nitrobacterium, penicillin-resistant bacteria, probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora, bacteroid, pus-forming bacteria, calymmatobacterium, diplococcus, eubacteria, eubacterium, francisella, genus francisella, genus calymmatobacterium, gonococcus |
| Derivation | bacterial, bacterioidal, bacterise, bacterize |
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In 2007 Venter transplanted the genome of one Mycoplasma bacterium into another.
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At this point, the team believed that the bacterium was ADP-ribosylating PARP-1.
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They fit because a bacterium is one-thousandth the size of a typical human cell.
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The cause of TB is a slow-growing bacterium known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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In this altered environment, a bacterium named Clostridium difficile can thrive.
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All are mechanisms that transfer genes from an external source to the bacterium.
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In this context patenting an artificial genome for a bacterium seems reasonable.
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Researchers then insert the modified gene back into the plant using a bacterium.
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Mainly transmitted in families, the bacterium is usually acquired before age 10.
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- Bacteria: (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
- (bacterial) relating to or caused by bacteria; "bacterial infection"
- The bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a large group of single-celled, prokaryote microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. ...
- (Bacteria (comics)) This is a list of characters in the Asterix comics.
- (Bacteria (malware)) Bacteria (also known as rabbit programs) are a type of malware that create many instances of themselves, or run many times simultaneously, in order to consume large amounts of system resources. ...
- A single celled organism with no nucleus
- (Bacteria) In the three-domain system, a taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla; In the two-empire system, a taxonomic kingdom, within domain Prokaryota: single cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and ...
- (bacteria) A type, species, or strain of bacterium; Alternative form of bacterium; A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular)
- (bacteria) One-celled microscopic organisms. Some are capable of causing disease in humans, others are capable of elevating the temperature of a pile of decomposing refuse sufficiently to destroy human pathogens.
