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bacteria > pronunciation
Soundsbaektih'riyah
Rhymesacademia, Acadia, Actinidia, and 208 more rhymes in iyah...
bacteria > noun, animal
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 plants.
Synonymsbacterium
Category ofperitrichous; Gram-positive; Gram-negative; immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response; bioremediation; resistance; microphage
Categorymicrobiology
Broadermicroorganism, micro-organism
Narroweracidophil, acidophile; bacteroid; eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria; Calymmatobacterium, genus Calymmatobacterium; Francisella, genus Francisella; gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Legionella pneumophilia, legionella; nitrobacterium; penicillin-resistant bacteria; pus-forming bacteria; rod; diplococcus
Adjectivesbacteroidal, bacteroid, bacterioidal, bacterioid; bacterial

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