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bakterya [bak.tir.ya.] : bacteria (n.); bacterium (n.)
[ Etymology: English: bacteria ]
Synonyms: kagaw

Derivatives of bakterya


Glosses:
bacteria
n. (animal)1. bacteria, bacterium(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.
~ immune reaction, immune response, immunologic responsea bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen.
~ bioremediationthe act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances.
~ micro-organism, microorganismany organism of microscopic size.
~ acidophil, acidophilean organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
~ probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microfloraa beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant.
~ bacteroida rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants).
~ eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteriaa large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella.
~ calymmatobacterium, genus calymmatobacteriuma genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale.
~ francisella, genus francisellaa genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans).
~ gonococcus, neisseria gonorrhoeaethe pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
~ legionella, legionella pneumophiliathe motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease.
~ nitrobacteriumany of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates.
~ penicillin-resistant bacteriabacteria that are unaffected by penicillin.
~ pus-forming bacteriabacteria that produce pus.
~ rodany rod-shaped bacterium.
~ diplococcusGram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs.
~ superbuga strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics.
~ resistancethe degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria).
~ microphagea neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria).
~ microbiologythe branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans.
~ peritrichouscovered all over with uniformly distributed flagella.
~ gram-positive(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method.
~ gram-negative(of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method.
bacterium