Antonyms for bacteria
bækˈtɪər i ə; -ˈtɪər i əmbac·te·ri·a

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1. • Microbiology
   • Microorganism

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1. bacteria, bacteriumnoun

   (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

   Synonyms:
   bacterium

How to use bacteria in a sentence?

1. Mark Viney:

   Over the last few years, it's become abundantly clear that all living animals are full of bacteria and viruses, that's the normal state of animals, and it's true of humans as well, and the vast majority of these bacteria and viruses are harmless.

2. Jake Baum:

   We're currently at a sort of crossroads in global malaria control, we've had decades of progress in reducing the number of deaths from the turn of the millennium. But we've kind of reached this point where we sort of stalled in our progress and there are some worrying signs of emerging drug resistance, just like you have antibiotic resistance to bacteria.

3. Cathryn Nagler:

   Bacteria are required to digest many indigestible fibers that were, at one time, a large part of the diet.

4. Sandria Godwin:

   Between the open packages, knives, workers handling the meats, and the fact that they don’t always clean the machines between uses, there are just so many opportunities within the deli counter for bacteria to spread.

5. Julie Meachen:

   We want to do an ancient DNA test to see who it’s related to and look at its microbiome to see if there are gut bacteria still there.

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