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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
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rod bacteria bacterial microorganism micro-organism acidophil superbug legionella legionella pneumophilia acidophile true bacteria neisseria gonorrhoeae nitrobacterium penicillin-resistant bacteria probiotic probiotic bacterium probiotic flora probiotic microflora bacteroid pus-forming bacteria calymmatobacterium diplococcus eubacteria eubacterium francisella genus francisella genus calymmatobacterium gonococcus bacterioidal bacterise bacterize