Related Words for microbe

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germ
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Noun, Noun
bug
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Noun, Noun
bacterium
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Noun
microorganism
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Noun
pathogen
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Noun
organism
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Noun
bacterial
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Adjective
bacillus
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Noun
fungus
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Noun
parasite
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Noun
protozoan
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Noun
microbiology
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Noun
spore
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Noun
biofilm
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Noun
vibrio
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Name
mycobacterium
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Name
fungal
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Adjective
contaminant
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Noun
pathogenic
xx/x
Adjective
insect
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Noun
microscopic
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Adjective
molecule
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Noun
protozoa
xx/x
Noun
staph
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Noun
virus
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Noun
staphylococcus
xxx/x
Name
infection
x/x
Noun
anthrax
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Noun
microbiota
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Noun
worm
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Noun
streptococcus
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Noun
microflora
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Noun
toxin
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Noun
phage
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Noun
diatom
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Noun
critter
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Noun
yeast
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Noun
algae
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Noun
virulent
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Adjective
slime
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Noun
microform
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Noun
microbiome
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Noun
germ warfare
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Phrase, Noun
microenvironment
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Noun
photomicrograph
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Noun
microscope
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Noun
medium
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Noun
micrograph
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Noun
microcosm
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Noun
tomes
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Noun
invading
x/x
Adjective
infecting
x/x
Verb
virulence
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Noun
tiniest
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Adjective
causative
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Adjective
offending
x/x
Adjective
cholera
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Noun
host
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Noun
cultivation
xx/x
Noun
harmless
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Adjective
deadly
/x
Adjective
engineered
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Verb
inoculated
x/xxx
Verb
isolate
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Verb
infectious
x/x
Adjective
invisible
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Adjective
antigen
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Noun
kills
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Verb
resistant
x/x
Adjective
encounter
x/x
Noun
strains
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Noun
plant
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Noun
smallest
/x
Adjective
causes
/x
Verb
responsible
x/xx
Adjective
isolation
xx/x
Noun
discovery
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Noun
fever
/x
Noun
exposure
x/x
Noun
cultures
/x
Noun
species
/x
Noun
animal
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Noun
capable
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Adjective
survive
x/
Verb
surface
/x
Noun
ability
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Noun
principles
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Noun
destroy
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Verb
identification
xxxx/x
Noun
discovered
x/x
Verb
cell
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Noun
grows
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Verb
transmitted
x/x
Verb
toxic
/x
Adjective
enters
/x
Verb
survival
x/x
Noun
type
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Noun
spread
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Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective
contact
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Noun
lives
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Verb
particular
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Adjective
presence
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Noun
produces
x/x
Verb
growth
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Noun
soil
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Noun
bidirectional
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Adjective, Noun
herbivore
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Noun
interethnic
xx/x
Adjective
interindividual
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Adjective
interregional
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Adjective
interspecies
xx/x
Adjective
legume
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Noun
ligand
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Noun
machine
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Noun, Verb
mycorrhizal
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Adjective
sediment
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
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
xx/x
Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
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
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb