an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…
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A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.an organism belonging to the same species as another organism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, thrives, relatively, acid, environment.the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genom…
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