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Bacterial vs Microbial - What's the difference?

bacterial | microbial |

As adjectives the difference between bacterial and microbial

is that bacterial is of, relating to, or caused by bacteria while microbial is of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.

bacterial

English

Adjective

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  • (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

    Related terms

    * bacterio-

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    microbial

    English

    Adjective

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  • Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}