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Microbe vs Suctorian - What's the difference?

microbe | suctorian | Hypernyms |

Microbe is a hypernym of suctorian.


As nouns the difference between microbe and suctorian

is that microbe is (microbiology) any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria while suctorian is a protist of the subclass suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.

microbe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (microbiology) Any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria.

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    Related terms

    * microorganism ----

    suctorian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 11:
  • *:If the tentacles are touched, the ‘prey’ is instantly paralysed, and the contents of its body are sucked down the tentacle into the body of the suctorian , reducing the prey to a shrivelled husk in a matter of minutes.

    • Hypernyms

    * phyllopharyngean * ciliophoran * alveolate * protist * eukaryote * microbe

    See also

    * (Suctoria)

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