Definitions for bacterium

bacterium bac·te·ri·um

Spelling: [bak-teer-ee-uh m]
IPA: /bækˈtɪər i əm/

Bacterium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 600 anagrams from letters in bacterium (abceimrtu).

Definitions for bacterium

noun

  1. singular of bacteria.

plural noun

  1. ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.

Origin of bacterium

1840-50; New Latin Greek baktḗrion, diminutive of baktēría staff; akin to báktron stick, Latin baculum, bacillum

Examples for bacterium

The bacterium termo (Fig. 30) is the smallest of the Infusoria.

The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis causes between 800 and 1,500 cases annually in the U.S., killing many .

The bacterium of splenic fever is called Bacillus Anthracis.

Virus or bacterium, amoeba or fungus—whatever it was, it struck.

One type of bacterium is likely very different from its neighbors, and may have equally different effects on the body.

At the end of three days there is not a bacterium to be found in it.

Botulism is caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, a hardy anaerobe.

bacterium, The same, termo (Mller), magnified magnified 600 times.

Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.

Caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the illness is transmitted by the bite of an infected tick.

Word Value for bacterium
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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