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Any of the genus Acetobacter of acetic acid bacteria characterized by the ability to convert ethanol to acetic acid in the presence of oxygen, and used in the commercial production of vinegar.
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Any bacterium of the genus Acholeplasma
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Any acidophilic bacteria of the genus Acidobacterium, the family Acidobacteriaceae, or the phylum Acidobacteria, which engage in non-oxygenic photosynthesis.
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Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
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Any bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter.
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Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
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Any member of the phylum or class Actinobacteria of bacteria.
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A bacterium (species) of the genus Actinomyces.
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Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
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Any bacteriophage that infects bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.
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Any bacterium of the genus Aeromonas.
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Any bacterium of the genus Alicyclobacilli
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Any proteobacterium of the class Alphaproteobacteria
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(biology) A microorganism (Clostridium butyricum, syn. Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
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Any cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena.
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Any bacterium of the family Anaerolineaceae
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Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
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Alternative spelling of archaebacterium [Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.]
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Any of several gram-negative bacteria of the genus Arcobacter
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(bacteriology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
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Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
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Abbreviation of bacteria. [(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.]
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(medicine) A large family of bacteria (in some classifications) that is usually gram-negative, producing no spores and having a complex metabolism while utilizing amino acids of different types.
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(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
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A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
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Any bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes
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Any bacterium of the class Betaproteobacteria
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Any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium
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Any bacterium of the genus Bradyrhizobium
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Any bacterium of the genus Brevibacterium
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Any of a group of pathogenic bacteria of the genus Brucella.
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(medicine, colloquial) Short for Campylobacter.
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Any bacteria of the genus Campylobacter; a principal cause of food poisoning
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Any of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning
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Any bacterium of the genus Carnobacterium
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Any of the bacteria of the genus Caulobacter.
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Any bacterium of the family Cellulomonadaceae
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A bacterium of the family Chlamydobacteriaceae
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Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
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(bacteriology) Any bacteria with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical) and bacilli (rod-shaped)
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(bacteriology) One of the round variety of bacteria.
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Any approximately spherical bacterium.
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(often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
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Any bacterium of the species Escherichia coli; a coli.
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(bacteriology) A variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera.
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(informal) The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans, which is highly resistant to various stresses (especially radiation).
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Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
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Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
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(biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
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(zoology) Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.
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Any protobacterium of the order Deltaproteobacterium.
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Any bacterium of the genus Desulfitobacterium
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Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria
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bacillus of the genus Lactobacillus
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(microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae.
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Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
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(microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
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(bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics
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Any bacterium of the genus Epibacteria
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Any of a group of spiral proteobacteria of the class Epsilon Proteobacteria
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Any ethanologenic bacterium
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(microbiology) Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria
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Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
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Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
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Any bacterium of the genus Fusobacterium
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Any proteobacterium of the class Gamma Proteobacteria
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Any of the bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) that is responsible for gonorrhea.
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Any bacteria of the class Chloroflexi that photosynthesize, but do not produce oxygen.
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Any of the family Chlorobiaceae of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria.
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Any proteobacterium of the genus Halomonas, of typical salt-tolerant bacteria.
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Any phage associated with a halobacterium
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Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
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Any of the Heliobacteriaceae, a family of photoheterotrophic bacteria, using bacteriochlorophyll to convert light energy into chemical energy, exclusively in anaerobic conditions
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Any homoacetogenic bacterium
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(slang, pathology, military, US) Synonym of Acinetobacter baumannii
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Any bacterium of the genus Janthinobacterium
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Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
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That leads to the proliferation of lactobacilli
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Any of many rod-shaped, nonmotile, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Lactobacillus, that ferment sugars to form lactic acid
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Any bacterium of the order Lactobacillales
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Any bacterium of the genus Lactococcus
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Bacteria of the genus Legionella.
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Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
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Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
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Any bacterium of the genus Leptotrichia
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(microbe) Ellipsis of likubin bacterium.
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Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.
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Any unusually large bacterium
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A bacterium of the genus Macrococcus.
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Any relatively large bacterium
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(biology) A relatively large coccoid bacterium
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Any Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Mesorhizobium
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Any bacterium of the genus Metabacterium
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Any bacterium of the genus Methanobacterium or the class Methanobacteria
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Any methanogen of the genus Methanococcus
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Any of various archaebacteria capable of methanogenesis.
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A very small, rod-shaped bacillus.
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Any bacterium of the Microbacterium genus.
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(biology) Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that are wide-ranging and harmless.
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Any bacterium, of the class Mollicutes, that lacks a cell wall
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(bacteriology) Any of several short rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Moraxella (under family Moraxellaceae) which includes the causative agent (Moraxella lacunata) of catarrhal conjunctivitis; the bacterium inhabits the mucous membranes of mammals and causes infections of the middle ear, respiratory tract, and conjunctiva.
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(bacteriology) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
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(biology) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a layer of motionless but living bacteria united on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed, differing from the zoogloea stage by not having the intermediate mucous substance.
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Any bacterium, of the genus Mycoplasma, that lack a true cell wall
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Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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(biology) Any of many gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, of the phylum Myxobacteria, that form colonies of slime.
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(biology) Any supposed microorganism much smaller than a bacterium.
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(bacteriology) Any of several Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Neisseria.
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Any bacterium of the genus Nitrobacter.
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Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
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Any of the genus Nitrosomonas of rod-shaped chemoautotrophic bacteria.
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(microbiology) Any of a taxonomically heterogeneous group of bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota that cannot catabolize glucose, and are thus unable to ferment.
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Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
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Any photobacterium, of the class Oxyphotobacteria, that produces oxygen
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Any bacterium of the genus Paracoccus.
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Any of diverse bacteria of the former genus Paracolobactrum
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Any bacterium of the genus Pectobacterium
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Any marine bacterium of the genus Pelagibacter
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(biology) A bacteriophage of the open sea
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Any bacterium that solubilise phosphate (typically in soil)
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Any of the genus Photobacterium of bioluminescent bacteria.
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Any of various specialized bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and of some insects, characterized by the lack of a cell wall, a pleiomorphic or filamentous shape (normally with a diameter of less than one micrometer), and their very small genomes.
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Any of many aquatic bacteria of the phylum Planctomycetes.
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Any bacterium of the family Porphyromonadaceae.
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Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese
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Any microbe of the phylum Proteobacteria, many of which are pathogenic.
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Any of many gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Proteus, several of which are responsible for human infections.
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Any marine bacterium of the genus Pseudoalteromonas (or of the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae)
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(biology, dated) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.
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Synonym of pseudobacteria
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Any of many bacteria of the family Pseudomonadaceae, some of which are pathogenic
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The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria
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Any bacterium of the genus Rhodococcus.
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(biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium.
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Any proteobacterium of the genus Roseobacter.
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Any bacterium of the genus Roseobacter
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Any bacterium of the genus Ruminococcus.
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Any bacterium of the candidate phylum Saccharibacteria
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Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.
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Any bacterium of the order Selenomonadales.
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(bacteriology) A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
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Any bacterium of the genus Sinorhizobium
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(dated) spherical bacteria, such as those in the genus Micrococcus.
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Any bacterium of the class Sphingobacteria
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Any bacterium of the order Sphingomonadales, or more specifically, of the genus Sphingomonas
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Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
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(bacteriology, dated) Any bacterium found in spiral filaments, such as the genus Vibrio.
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Alternative spelling of spirochete [Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.]
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Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.
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Any bacterium of the genus Spiroplasma.
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A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
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(informal) Clipping of streptococcus. [A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.]
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Any bacterium of the genus Streptobacillus.
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(bacteriology) A supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.
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A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
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Any of several bacteria, of the genus Streptomyces, found in soil, several of which produce antibiotics.
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Any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae
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(biology) Any of the genus Streptothrix of bacilli, occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
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A form of diastase resulting from the growth, development, and nutrition of koji.
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Any bacterium of the phylum Tenericutes
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Any archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota, or the phylum as a whole.
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Any microbe of the order Thermococcales
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Any bacillus that is capable of metabolising sulfur, especially members of the genus Thiobacillus
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Any of many anaerobic spirochetes, of the genus Treponema, many of which cause infectious diseases.
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Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema
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Any of the yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales.
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Any bacterium that hydrolyzes urea to yield ammonia and carbon dioxide
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Any bacterium of the genus Veillonella.
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Any bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia
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Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
adj
Having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.
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Any proteobacterium of the family Vibrionaceae.
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Any of the genus Xanthobacter of gram-negative bacteria.
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Any of the genus Xanthomonas of proteobacteria.
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Any protobacterium of the class Zetaproteobacteria of proteobacteria.
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