Crossword-Solution: BACTERIUM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Bacterium | n. | A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “BACTERIUM”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| BACILLI | 1 answer |
| Microorganism that can cause disease | 2 answers |
| GALLNUT producer | 3 answers |
| aerobe | 4 answers |
| LIVING organism | 10 answers |
| Bacillus | 12 answers |
| MICROORGANISM | 17 answers |
| Germ | 34 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "BACTERIUM"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERTA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
13 +2
New Suggestion for "BACTERIUM"
Related word tools
Sentences with BACTERIUM (5)
See Bacterium.] (Biol.) A micro”rganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
PREVENTIVE INOCULATION The controversy over spontaneous generation, which, thanks to Pasteur and Tyndall, had just been brought to a termination, made it clear that no bacterium need be feared where an antecedent bacterium had not found lodgment; Listerism in surgery had now shown how much might be accomplished towards preventing the access of germs to abraded surfaces of the body and destroying those that already had found lodgment there.
Then the bacterium was apt to disregard class distinctions, and they were never really happy in their servants.
Whatever be the method of the formation of the spore, its purpose in the life of the bacterium is always the same.
Others have regarded the whole bacterium as a nucleus without any protoplasm, while others, again, have concluded that the discerned internal structure is nothing except an appearance presented by the physical arrangement of the protoplasm.
Quotes with BACTERIUM (3)
CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler. MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed. MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed. CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying. MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing. CHORONZON: I a…
The war was all that mattered to Hitler. Yet, cocooned in the strange world of the Wolf's Lair, he was increasingly severed from its realities, both at the front and at home. Detachment ruled out all vestiges of humanity. Even towards those in his own entourage who had been with him for many years, there was nothing resembling real affection, let alone friendship; genuine fondness was reserved only for his young Alsatian. He had described the human being the previous autumn a…
Well,” Harry said, “look at it this way: Suppose you were an intelligent bacterium floating in space, and you came upon one of our communication satellites, in orbit around the Earth. You would think, What a strange, alien object this is, let’s explore it. Suppose you opened it up and crawled inside. You would find it very interesting in there, with lots of huge things to puzzle over. But eventually you might climb into one of the fuel cells, and the hydrogen would kill you. …