bacteria

  • 11bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …

    Universalium

  • 12Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… …

    Wikipedia

  • 13Bacteria — Para otros usos de este término, véase Agrupación de Electores BACTERIA …

    Wikipedia Español

  • 14Bacteria — Bactérie …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 15Bacteria — Single celled microorganisms which can exist either as independent (free living) organisms or as parasites (dependent upon another organism for life). Examples of bacteria include: {{}}Acidophilus, a normal inhabitant of yogurt, Chlamydia, which… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 16Bacteria — (Del gr. bakteria, bastón.) ► sustantivo femenino BIOLOGÍA Microorganismo unicelular, sin núcleo, que se reproduce por bipartición. * * * bacteria (del gr. «baktēría», báculo) f. Microorganismo unicelular, sin núcleo y un único cromosoma formado… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 17Bacteria — Bakterien Cholera Bakterien (Vibrio cholerae) (Sekundärelektronenmikroskopie). Typische Maße sind 2 3 …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 18Bacteria — Bacterium Bac*te ri*um (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. {Bacteria} (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. bakth rion, ba ktron, a staff: cf. F. bact[ e]rie.] (Biol.) A microscopic single celled organism having no distinguishable nucleus,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19bacteria — ⇒BACTÉRIE2, BACTERIA, subst. fém. ENTOMOL. ,,Genre d insectes orthoptères, de la famille des phasmidés, renfermant des phasmes, aptères dans les deux sexes, souvent de grande taille, habitant les régions chaudes du globe, et dont on connaît plus… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 20bacteria —     Each bacteria is surrounded by an outer coat that contains a poisonous chemical called an endotoxin (Baltimore Sun). Bacteria is plural. The singular is bacterium, so the sentence needs to say either Each bacterium is or The bacteria are. A… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word