(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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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
member of this domain (topic)
peritrichous
Gram-positive
Gram-negative
immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response
bioremediation
resistance
microphage
hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
hyponym
acidophil, acidophile
probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora
bacteroid
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Calymmatobacterium, genus Calymmatobacterium
Francisella, genus Francisella
gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Legionella pneumophilia, legionella
nitrobacterium
penicillin-resistant bacteria
pus-forming bacteria
rod
diplococcus
superbug