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bacterium

[bak-teer-ee-uhm] / bækˈtɪər i əm /






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The researchers found that Conan the Bacterium could absorb as much as 28,000 times more radiation than what a human can survive.

From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2022

Bacterium interact by physical signals when it is alone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Bacterium interact by chemical signals when it is alone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Yes, Bacterium X can evade Drug Y, but in acquiring that skill it becomes less transmissible or weaker in some way.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2019

When there are no checks to prolific multiplication a single Infusorian may become, in the course of a week, the ancestor of several millions, and the same is true of a Bacterium within a day.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)




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