Bacteria
Of microorganism and microbiology. May also be referred to as 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.
This concept's ID is @1~6766
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- eubacteria
A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella.
- immune response
A bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such...
- nitrobacterium
Any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize...
- rod
Any rod-shaped bacterium.
- diplococcus
Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs.
- probiotic
A beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered...
- Calymmatobacterium
A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma...
- Francisella
A genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many...
- bioremediation
The act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria)...
- microphage
A neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria).
- superbug
A strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics.
- Legionella pneumophilia
The motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central...
- resistance
The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other...
- acidophil
An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
- bacteroid
A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root...
- gonococcus
The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
- penicillin-resistant bacteria
Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin.
- pus-forming bacteria
Bacteria that produce pus.