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