bacteria
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- microorganism hypernym
- acidophil hyponym
- probiotic hyponym
- bacteroid hyponym
- eubacteria hyponym
- Calymmatobacterium hyponym
- Francisella hyponym
- gonococcus hyponym
- Legionella pneumophilia hyponym
- nitrobacterium hyponym
- penicillin-resistant bacteria hyponym
- pus-forming bacteria hyponym
- rod hyponym
- diplococcus hyponym
- superbug hyponym
Related & opposite
- bacterize derivation
- bacteroid derivation
- bacterial derivation
- microbiology domain topic
- immune response has domain topic
- bioremediation has domain topic
- resistance has domain topic
- microphage has domain topic
- peritrichous has domain topic
- Gram-positive has domain topic
- Gram-negative has domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bacterize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bacteroid |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bacterial |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | microbiology |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | immune response |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bioremediation |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | microphage |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | peritrichous |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Gram-positive |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Gram-negative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | microorganism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acidophil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | probiotic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bacteroid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eubacteria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Calymmatobacterium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Francisella |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gonococcus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Legionella pneumophilia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nitrobacterium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penicillin-resistant bacteria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pus-forming bacteria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diplococcus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superbug |