bacteria
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1. (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 (noun.animal)
hyponym | : | acidophil, acidophile, |
definition | : | an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | bacteroid, |
definition | : | a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | francisella, genus francisella, |
definition | : | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | legionella, legionella pneumophilia, |
definition | : | the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | nitrobacterium, |
definition | : | any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | rod, |
definition | : | any rod-shaped bacterium (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | diplococcus, |
definition | : | Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | superbug, |
definition | : | a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics (noun.animal) |
domain category | : | microbiology, |
definition | : | the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response, |
definition | : | a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | bioremediation, |
definition | : | the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | resistance, |
definition | : | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) (noun.attribute) |
domain member category | : | microphage, |
definition | : | a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria) (noun.body) |
domain member category | : | peritrichous, |
definition | : | covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | gram-positive, |
definition | : | (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | gram-negative, |
definition | : | (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method (adj.all) |
derivation | : | bacterise, bacterize, |
definition | : | subject to the action of bacteria (verb.change) |
derivation | : | bacterial, |
definition | : | relating to or caused by bacteria (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | bacterise, bacterize, |
definition | : | subject to the action of bacteria (verb.change) |
derivation | : | bacterial, |
definition | : | relating to or caused by bacteria (adj.pert) |
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