Antonyms for bacterium

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bak-teer-ee-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : bækˈtɪər i əm

Definition of bacterium

Origin : c.1848, singular of bacteria (q.v.).

As in microbe : noun bacteria
As in microorganism : noun germ
As in cell : noun smallest living organism
As in ferment : noun substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances
As in germ : noun microscopic organism, often causing illness

Example sentences :

Virus or bacterium, amoeba or fungus—whatever it was, it struck.
Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The bacterium of splenic fever is called Bacillus Anthracis.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

At the end of three days there is not a bacterium to be found in it.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

The Bacterium termo (Fig. 30) is the smallest of the Infusoria.
Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier

Bacterium, The same, termo (Mller), magnified magnified 600 times.
Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier

Any carbohydrate in the broth is destroyed by the Bacterium coli.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

The best known and defined forms are Bacterium termo and Bact.
Extract from : « Parasites » by T. Spencer Cobbold

They are motionless and are occasionally found with the Bacterium termo in putrefying organic liquids.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

The cause proved to be a bacterium--that is, a small, rod-shaped plant.
Extract from : « Makers of Modern Medicine » by James J. Walsh

The former is in every way like a bacterium in its mode of self-division.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 » by Various

Synonyms for bacterium

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