Bacteria
Bacteria noun - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.
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Synonyms for Bacteria
Fungus
Fungus noun - An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia.
Bacteria and fungus are semantically related in yeast topic. Sometimes you can use "Bacteria" instead a noun "Fungus", if it concerns topics such as leavening.
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How words are described
| normal | normal bacteria | normal fungus |
| certain | certain bacteria | certain fungus |
| alien | alien bacteria | alien fungus |
| native | native bacteria | native fungus |
| Other adjectives: intelligent, beneficial, deadly, lethal, malevolent, different, giant, infectious, mutated, parasitic, airborne, bred, engineered, symbiotic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Although all cheeses are some combination of milk and bacteria/fungus, but only one cheese has maggots.
Source: Blob Monster - In actual fact that smell is from the literally hundreds of different types of bacteria and fungus that love to live in the warm dark sweaty interiors of shoes.
Source: Smelly Feet -
He found a strange fungus on a culture he had left behind - a fungus that had killed off all surrounding bacteria in its vicinity.
Source: Accidental Discovery
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