Bacterium (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Probiotic Flora
- Eubacteria
- Bacteroid
- Calymmatobacterium
- Nitrobacterium
- Legionella Pneumophilia
- Penicillin-resistant Bacteria
- Superbug
- Pus-forming Bacteria
- Rod
- Acidophil
- True Bacteria
- Gonococcus
- Probiotic
- Francisella
- Diplococcus
- Probiotic Microflora