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Microorganism vs Biosensor - What's the difference?

microorganism | biosensor |

As nouns the difference between microorganism and biosensor

is that microorganism is (microbiology) an organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium while biosensor is (biochemistry) any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes).

microorganism

Alternative forms

* micro-organism *

Noun

(en noun)
  • (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
  • The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.

    See also

    * macroorganism English words with vowel pseudo-digraphs ----

    biosensor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia biosensor) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes)
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  • (biochemistry) A device that uses biological material (e.g. microorganisms, oligonucleotides, enzymes, antibodies) to detect other biological molecules or chemicals.
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