BACTERIUM Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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bacterium

[ bak-teer-ee-uhm ]

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noun

singular of bacteria.

bacterium

/ 产忙办藞迟瑟蓹谤瑟蓹尘 /

noun

the singular of bacteria

bacterium

Any of a large group of one-celled organisms that lack a cell nucleus, reproduce by fission or by forming spores, and in some cases cause disease. They are the most abundant lifeforms on Earth, and are found in all living things and in all of the Earth's environments. Bacteria usually live off other organisms. Bacteria make up most of the kingdom of prokaryotes (Monera or Prokaryota), with one group (the archaea) sometimes classified as a separate kingdom.
See also archaeon

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bacterium¹

1840鈥�50; < New Latin < Greek 产补办迟岣梤颈辞苍, diminutive of 产补办迟脓谤铆补 staff; akin to 产谩办迟谤辞苍 stick, Latin baculum, bacillum

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Usage

It is important to remember that bacteria is the plural of bacterium, and that saying a bacteria is incorrect. It is correct to say The soil sample contains millions of bacteria, and Tetanus is caused by a bacterium.

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Over time, the bacterium has developed resistance to most classes of available antibiotics and experts fear it may become untreatable in the future, unless new drugs are found.

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One descendant of our last common ancestor went on to engulf a photosynthetic bacterium, which would then toil away harnessing the power of the sun to fuel this progenitor of all plants.

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The opening of a new 拢41m Sussex health centre has been delayed after inspectors found legionella bacterium in the heating system.

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His company selected a bacterium from nature that doesn't eat sugar or perform photosynthesis.

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To avoid the complications of working with a live organism, the researchers developed a powder preparation made from dead, dried cells of the bacterium.

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