microbe
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
Origin of microbe
1Other words from microbe
- mi·crobe·less, adjective
- mi·cro·bi·al, mi·cro·bic, mi·cro·bi·an, adjective
- non·mi·cro·bic, adjective
- un·mi·cro·bi·al, adjective
- un·mi·cro·bic, adjective
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How to use microbe in a sentence
Medical mask material is electrostatically charged, which may repel microbes, in addition to filtering particles.
Making masks fit better can reduce coronavirus exposure by 96 percent | Tina Hesman Saey | February 12, 2021 | Science NewsThey recently returned to El Salt for new samples, which they scoured for fragments of ancient DNA from the bacteria and other microbes that once lived in the intestines of Neanderthals.
Oldest DNA from poop contains a Neanderthal’s microbiome | Kiona N. Smith | February 8, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThey’re microbes that thrive in areas with lots of nutrients.
Choked by bacteria, some starfish are turning to goo | Erin Garcia de Jesus | February 8, 2021 | Science News For StudentsIn the lab, the sea stars began wasting when the researchers added phytoplankton or a common bacterial-growth ingredient to the warm water tubs those microbes and sea stars were living in.
Some bacteria are suffocating sea stars, turning the animals to goo | Erin Garcia de Jesus | January 20, 2021 | Science NewsA microbe on the map, a Mid-Atlantic territory of onlys, we-don’t-have-thats and so much poultry.
Lovely, little Delaware — long famous for corporations, chickens and credit cards — is ready for its big moment | Karen Heller | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
"We don't see the microbe themselves but we large scale structures that the microbes constructed before they died," he said.
‘Oldest Signs of Life on Earth’ Found in Australia | The Telegraph | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy failure to see a microbe is a statement about the precision of my instrument, not about whether there is a microbe on the leaf.
How Not to Cherry-Pick the Results of the Oregon Study (Ultrawonkish) | Megan McArdle | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe final proof was the cure of the patient by an autogenous vaccine made of the offending microbe.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThe sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersYet it would be better to begin by doing so, before bringing the preservative microbe on the scene.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreTheir hands clasped in the brief, tight greeting of the West that is death to the hand-shake microbe.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryThe same takes place with the spirilla of recurrent typhus and the microbe of erysipelas.
British Dictionary definitions for microbe
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊb) /
any microscopic organism, esp a disease-causing bacterium
Origin of microbe
1Derived forms of microbe
- microbial, microbic or rare microbian, adjective
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Scientific definitions for microbe
[ mī′krōb′ ]
A microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. See Note at germ.
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