Bactria vs Bacterium - What's the difference?
bactria | bacterium |
The ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in the Middle East, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
(microbiology) A single celled organism with no nucleus.
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As a proper noun bactria
is (greek name for ancient country).As a noun bacterium is
(microbiology) a single celled organism with no nucleus.bactria
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(wikipedia Bactria)Alternative forms
* Bactriana, B?khtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese.Proper noun
(en proper noun)Anagrams
*bacterium
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Noun
(bacteria)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
