Phage vs Bacterium - What's the difference?
phage | bacterium |
(microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
(microbiology) A single celled organism with no nucleus.
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As nouns the difference between phage and bacterium
is that phage is a virus that is parasitic on bacteria while bacterium is a single celled organism with no nucleus.phage
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Noun
(en-noun)Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann:Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01"The plural word phages' refers to different types of phage, whereas in common usage the word ' phage can be both singular and plural, referring in the plural sense to particles of the same type of phage." Maloy et al: Microbial Genetics, 2nd ed., 1984, ISBN 9780867202489, p. 81
Synonyms
* bacteriophageSee also
* virophageAnagrams
*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.}}
