bacterium
noun#35,911
Translations
- 細菌さいきん
- 菌きん
- 大腸菌だいちょうきん
- 抗酸菌こうさんきん
English definition
- (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Examples
- This bacterium is resistant to penicillin.