Definition of Bacterium

once-celled microscopic living organisms that can cause infection

Examples of Bacterium in a sentence

The dirty slide was placed under the microscope so that the students could see all of the bacterium growing in the microbe-infested goop.  🔊

Because of the dangerous bacterium found swimming in the water, several beachgoers became ill and infected with a disease.  🔊

The microscopic bacterium is so powerful that antibiotics can’t even clear up the strong infections the germs cause.  🔊

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