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Bacterium vs Xanthan - What's the difference?

bacterium | xanthan |

As nouns the difference between bacterium and xanthan

is that bacterium is (microbiology) a single celled organism with no nucleus while xanthan is (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium.

bacterium

English

Noun

(bacteria)
  • (microbiology) A single celled organism with no nucleus.
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    Usage notes

    * In most formal writing, . This is usually considered incorrect.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Hypernyms

    * prokaryote

    Derived terms

    * eubacterium * archaebacterium / archebacterium

    External links

    * (wikipedia "bacterium")

    See also

    * bacillus English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    xanthan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium

    • Derived terms

    * xanthan gum