| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| (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 plants |
bacteria
,
bacterium
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| (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell |
colony
|
| specialist in microbiology |
microbiologist
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| (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system |
prion
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| (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins |
virino
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