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bacteria(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: plural noun
singular: bacterium - Definition: microorganisms belonging to the Eubacteria Domain of living things. Bacteria have no defined nucleus or membrane-bound structures (i.e. they are prokaryotic).
- Example:
1. Collectins are defensive proteins that bind onto and facilitate the destruction of bacteria.
2. Some bacterial DNA is packaged into smaller, circular DNA molecules referred to as plasmids. - Related Word: bacterial (adjective)
- Usage Note: Bacteria is usually used in the plural form.
- Search history: bacteria <- Archaebacteria <- disulphide <- invaginate <- cysteine <- polarity <- phagocytosis <- inactive <- tail <- pole <- target <- Archaea <- segregate <- plasmid <- lectin <- helix
