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bacteria

/bak-teer-ee-uh/US // bækˈtɪər i ə //UK // (bækˈtɪərɪə) //

细菌,菌类,菌,细菌

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1

    singular bac·te·ri·um [bak-teer-ee-uhm]. /bækˈtɪər i əm/. Microbiology.

    • : ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising numerous and variously classified phyla: among the inestimable number of species are those involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, and nitrogen fixation.

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  • The more antibiotics are used inappropriately, the greater the risk of bacteria growing resistant to them.

  • What specific bacteria and viruses can be detected in the sewage?

  • If all animals vanished, most bacteria would still live on, but if all bacteria disappeared, we would die quickly.

  • A new book focuses on gut bacteria as the key to a healthy weight.

  • But consider that when we eat, the bacteria are actually fed first.

  • Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.

  • It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.

  • Bacteria of various kinds, especially staphylococci, are usually numerous.

  • They are able to migrate readily from place to place and to ingest small bodies, as bacteria.

  • Undiluted normal blood can agglutinate most bacteria, but loses this power when diluted to any considerable degree.