bacteria
81bacteria — plural form of bacterium …
82bacteria — noun (plural) singular bacterium very small living things relate to plants, some of which cause disease compare virus (1) bacterial adjective: a bacterial infection …
83bacteria — bac•te•ri•a [[t]bækˈtɪər i ə[/t]] n. pl. sing. te•ri•um [[t] ˈtɪər i əm[/t]] mcr any of numerous groups of microscopic one celled organisms constituting the phylum Schizomycota, of the kingdom Monera, various species of which are involved in… …
84bacteria — n. (sing. rium) universally present microscopic unicellular organisms. ♦ bacterial, ♦ bacterian, ♦ bacterious, a …
85photosynthetic bacteria — Bacteria that are able to carry out photosynthesis. Light is absorbed by bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoids. Two principal classes are the green bacteria and the purple bacteria …
86endosymbiotic bacteria — Bacteria that establish a symbiotic relationship within a eukaryotic cell. Eg. the nitrogen fixing bacteria of legume root nodules. See also endosymbiont hypothesis …
87gliding bacteria — bacteria that form colonies in a self produced slime that permits them to glide, mainly inhabiting moist soils, decaying plant matter, animal waste, and rotting tree bark: some species produce brightly colored, funguslike fruiting bodies. Also… …
88Penicillin-resistant bacteria — Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin. Such organisms can sometimes be killed using sulfa drugs, combinations of several medications, or other tactics, but some resistant infections cannot be treated successfully. The rise of penicillin… …
89extreme barophilic bacteria — Bacteria that require a high pressure environment to function …
90Gram negative bacteria — Bacteria with thin peptidoglycan walls bounded by an outer membrane containing endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide). See Gram stain …