"bacterium" in the noun sense
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
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