Bacterium
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bacteria
- plural
- Bacteria
- possessive
- Bacterium's
- pluralpossessive
- Bacteria's