Look up: bacterium

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   Bacterium
   A single-celled, microscopic prokaryotic organism: a single cell organism without a distinct nucleus.
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   bacterium
   Class of single-cell organisms (plural, bacteria). One member, E. coli, is commonly used in recombinant DNA technology for producing proteins and other chemicals.
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   Bacterium
   A major class of microscopic (0.5-2.0 micron) motile or non-motile, unicellular organisms, the smallest living things able to reproduce themselves, achieved mainly by each cell dividing into two. The genetic code is carried in a tangled coil of DNA known as the bacterial chromosome.
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   bacterium
   (Learning Modules / Biology / DNA / Glossary) Simple, single-celled organism responsible for some diseases (e.g. anthrax) but very important in decay processes. DNA of bacteria is very easily extracted and modified
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   Bacterium
   a tiny, single-celled micro-organism, commonly known as a germ; some bacteria, called pathogens, cause disease
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   Bacterium
   Bacterium: The singular of bacteria.
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   bacterium
   Microscopic organism which may have a spherical,rod-like,or spiral unicellular or noncellular body.Bacteria usually reproduce through asexual processes. Category: Botany and zoology • rod-shaped (intestinal) bacterium,1-3 micrometer in length, which does not form spores and which is Gram negative; genus Escherichia coli; any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of ma...
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   Bacterium
   Bac·te'ri·um noun ; plural Bacteria [ New Latin , from Greek bakth`rion , bak`tron , a staff: confer French bactérie .] (Biol.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algæ, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of micr ...
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   bacterium
   <microbiology> A tiny, unicellular, prokaryotic organism that reproduces by cell division and usually has a cell wall, can be shaped like a sphere, rod or spiral and can be found in virtually any enviroment. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    bacterium
    (bak-tēr´e-әm) pl. bacte´ria any prokaryotic organism. Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms that differ from all other organisms (the eukaryotes) in lacking a true nucleus and organelles such as mitochondria, chloroplasts, and lysosomes. Their genetic material consists of a single loop of double-stranded DNA, w...
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    Bacterium
    • (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission...
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    Bacterium
    A bacterial generic name placed on the list of rejected names by the Judicial Commission and the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology of the International Association of Microbiological Societies. As a consequence, Bacterium is no longer used in bacteriology. Identifiable organisms formerly placed in the genus Bacterium have all been ...
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    bacterium
    A unicellular prokaryotic microorganism that usually multiplies by cell division and has a cell wall that provides a constancy of form; they may be aerobic or anaerobic, motile or nonmotile, and free-living, saprophytic, commensal, parasitic, or pathogenic. See Also: Cyanobacteria [Mod. L. fr. G. baktrion, dim. of baktron, a staff]
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