Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 26 compound words that contain bacteria. The most common are listed below. Open bacteria in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- green bacteriaplural of green bacterium: A diverse group of anoxygenic chlorophototrophic bacteria.
- iron bacteriaplural of iron bacterium: Any of a group of bacteria that oxidize ferrous iron to ferric iron
- mirror bacteriaplural of mirror bacterium: Any hypothetical bacterium composed of molecules with chiralities contrary to that of naturally-occurring terrestrial life.
- purple bacteriaProteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.
- sulfur bacteriaplural of sulfur bacterium: Any of several bacteria which oxidize inorganic sulfur compounds, especially those bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus
- blue-green bacteriaplural of blue-green bacterium: Cyanobacterium.
- nylon-eating bacteriaplural of nylon-eating bacterium: Any of the strain Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72 of bacteria that can digest certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture using the enzyme nylonase.
- slime bacteriaMyxobacteria (Myxococcales).
- green sulfur bacteriaAny of the family Chlorobiaceae of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria.
- green non-sulfur bacteriaAny bacteria of the class Chloroflexi that photosynthesize, but do not produce oxygen.
Compound words 26
- bacteriuriaThe presence of bacteria in the urine
- dysbacteriosisSynonym of dysbiosis: A medical condition caused by microbial imbalances within the body.
- bacteriacideAlternative form of bactericide: Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
- bacterialikeResembling or characteristic of bacteria.
- bacteriallyIn reference to bacteria
- nanobacteriaplural of nanobacterium: Any supposed microorganism much smaller than a bacterium.
- bacterialesswithout bacteria.
- agrobacteriaplural of agrobacterium: A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
- archebacteriaplural of archebacterium: Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
- endobacteriaplural of endobacterium: Any endophytic bacterium