bacterium Definition
bac·te·rium (bak tir′ē əm)
noun
bacterium Usage Examples
Converse of object
- nitrify: Also delivers extra oxygen to the water, benefiting your Koi and creating extra growth of nitrifying bacteria.
- kill: The high levels of nicotine in tobacco can kill bacteria.
Preposition: in
gut: That GM DNA should transfer to bacteria in the human gut is not at all unexpected.
Adjective modifier
- pathogenic: Much previous experience has revealed which key features of pathogenic bacteria are easiest to look for!
- Gram-negative: A fluorescent, gram-negative bacterium was consistently isolated from diseased tissues onto King's B medium.
- harmful: This risks transferring any harmful bacteria on the raw meat straight to the dinner plate.
- anaerobic: Anaerobic bacteria are thought to have acted on them to start the process of changing the into crude oil or gas.
- Gram-positive: Gram-positive bacteria are a major cause of serious infections in many healthcare institutions.
- lactic: The preservation of milk by lactic acid bacteria resulted in yogurt.
Modifies a noun
- clostridium: Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which occurs naturally in the soil.
- mycobacterium: TB itself is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although there are various other Mycobacterium species that can cause different forms of TB.
- staphylococcus: It covers the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, healthcare settings and the risk of MRSA, causes, treatment, and prevention and control measures.
- aureus: It covers the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, healthcare settings and the risk of MRSA, causes, treatment, and prevention and control measures.
- botulinum: Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which occurs naturally in the soil.
Noun used with modifier
- legionella: This duty extends to any risks from legionella bacteria, which may arise from work activities.
- nitrogen-fixing: Pea seed should be inoculated immediately before seeding to ensure an adequate supply of nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
- salmonella: It is caused by eating foods contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
- coli: This viral cDNA, cloned in E. coli bacteria, produced RNA viruses when injected into pigs.
- gut: Gut bacteria are essential for the health of the large bowel.
- poisoning: Also available in Bengali This video deals with sources of food poisoning bacteria ( i.e.
Browse dictionary entries near bacterium
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- ‹ bactericide
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- ‹ bacteria
- ‹ bacteremia
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