bacterium

[ UK /bæktˈi‍əɹɪəm/ ]
[ US /bækˈtɪɹiəm/ ]
NOUN
  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
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  • The acrylic acid, catechol best suppression bacterium respectively is the golden yellow staphylococcus and the saccharomycetes.
  • Once the bacterium is within the macrophage, the macrophage's bactericidal mechanisms destroy the microbe.
  • Clostridium (meaning spindle shaped bacterium) botulinum comes from the soil and makes spores (survival packages) that are very hard to destroy.
  • Crown gall strains caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens S-1 702, C-58 have been established from sunflower hypocotyls, tobacco stems and stem pithes, carrot roots and potato tubers.
  • Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections.
  • According to the theory of evolution, all flora and fauna developed from a single-celled being, something like a primitive bacterium. Modern Science in the Bible
  • Scientists now know that this common ancestor, 'the first eukaryote', was a lot more sophisticated than any known bacterium.
  • In one of the earliest steps in the evolution of eukaryotic cells, the mitochondrion was derived from an endosymbiosed bacterium.
  • This bacterium is primarily carried by birds such as parakeets, parrots, pigeons, turkeys, and ducks.
  • If the bacterium is present, it is changed into a chemical that can be detected with a breathalyser.
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