an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant
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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Animals.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…
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(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeut…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.(zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not other mammals) at the end of the digestive tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the do…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: beneficial, bacterium, found, intestinal, tract.coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
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