What is the difference between microorganism and microbe?
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(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
Microbe is a related term of microorganism.
In microbiology terms the difference between microorganism and microbe
is that microorganism is an organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium while microbe is any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria.microorganism
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(wikipedia microorganism)Alternative forms
* micro-organism *Noun
(en noun)- The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.