Bacterium

Noun CEFR B2

bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm

Definitions

A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

Equivalents

Españolbacteria

Françaisbactérie

DeutschBakterie Bakterium Spaltpilz

51 more languages

Afrikaansbakterie

العربيةالجرثوم جرثوم جرثومة

Беларускаябактэрыя

Българскибактерия

Bosanskibakterija бактерија

Catalàbacteri

Češtinabakterie

Ελληνικάβακτηρίδιο βακτήριο

Esperantobakterio

Suomibakteeri jakosieni

עבריתחיידק

हिन्दीकीटाणु जीवाणु

Hrvatskibakterija бактерија

Magyarbaktérium

Հայերենբակտերիա

Bahasa Indonesiabakteri kuman

Íslenskabaktería gerill

Italianobatterio

日本語バクテリア細菌菌

ქართულიბაქტერია

Қазақ тілібактерия

ភាសាខ្មែរបាក់តេរី

한국어박테리아 세균

Кыргызчабактерия

Latinabacterium

Lietuviųbakterija

Македонскибактерија

Монголнян

मराठीजीवाणू

Bahasa Melayubakteria kuman

မြန်မာဗက်တီးရီးယား

Nederlandsbacterie

Portuguêsbactéria

Românăbacterie

Русскийбактерия

Slovenčinabaktéria

Српскиbakterija бактерија

Svenskabakterie

Kiswahilibakteria

ไทยบักเตรี บัคเตรี แบคทีเรีย

Tagalogbakterya ishay

Türkçebakteri

Українськабактерія

اردوجرثومہ

Tiếng Việtvi khuẩn vi trùng

Yorùbábakitéríà

Examples

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock ⟳ and use ⟳ that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage ⟳ this trick ⟳ are already familiar to experts in the field.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Bacteriums bacteriuria bacterivore bacterivory bacterization bacteroid

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