American English pronunciation
How to pronounce microbe
IPA transcription: ['maɪk,ɹoʊb]
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Noun
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a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Usage examples
- This is perhaps one reason why this microbe is not studied very much.
- Microbe-mineral interactions contribute to biofouling and microbially induced corrosion.
- Unlike most cephalosporins, cephamycins are a very efficient antibiotic against anaerobic microbes.
- Microbes grew, and he proposed it as an example of spontaneous generation.
- Adding hypochlorite bleach in the washing process also achieves inactivation of microbes.
- He discovered that infectious microbes employ genes that are activated only inside host cells.