Related Words for bacterium

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microorganism
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Noun, Noun
microbe
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Noun
pathogen
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Noun
organism
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Noun
bacillus
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Noun, Verb
bacterial
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Adjective
mycobacterium
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Name
enterobacter
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Name
bacteriophage
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Noun
bacteroides
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Name
staphylococcus
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Name
protozoan
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Noun
streptococcus
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Noun, Verb
fungus
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Noun
vibrio
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Name
amoeba
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Noun
penicillium
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Name
pathogenic
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Adjective
streptomyces
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Name, Verb
mycobacteria
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Noun
rhizobium
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Name
corynebacterium
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Name
rickettsia
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Noun
helicobacter
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Name
cyanobacteria
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Noun
agrobacterium
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Name
brucella
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Name
biofilm
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Noun
enterobacteriaceae
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Name
unicellular
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Adjective
germ
/
Noun
culture
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Noun
monad
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Noun
microbiota
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Noun
colony
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Noun
cell
/
Noun
coli
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Noun
flora
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Noun
shigella
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Name
membrane
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Noun
thermophilic
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Adjective
motile
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Noun, Adjective
alga
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Noun
phage
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Noun
infects
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Verb
gram
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Verb, Adjective
filamentous
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Adjective
nematode
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Noun
facultative
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Adjective
autotrophic
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Adjective
photosynthetic
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Adjective
probiotic
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Adjective
pestis
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Verb
commensal
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Adjective
virus
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Noun
plasmid
x/
Noun
anaerobic
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Adjective
aerobic
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Noun
heterotrophic
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Adjective
donor
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Adjective
engulfs
x/
Verb
virulence
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Noun
pleomorphic
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Adjective
aberrant
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Adjective, Noun
acinar
xxx
Adjective
activated
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Adjective
adherent
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Noun, Adjective
adrenal
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Adjective, Noun
adrenocortical
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Adjective
allogeneic
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Adjective
bacteriological
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Adjective
blight
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Noun, Verb
bug
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Noun, Verb
disease
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Noun, Verb
immunocompetent
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Adjective
irradiated
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Adjective
isolate
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
peg
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Noun, Verb
rod
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Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
uninfected
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Adjective
zoonotic
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Adjective, Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
cluster
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
collocation
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Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
grape
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pigeon
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb