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  2. Bacteria Definition. Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms with prokaryotic cells, which are single cells that do not have organelles or a true nucleus and are less complex than eukaryotic cells. Bacteria with a capital B refers to the domain Bacteria, one of the three domains of life.

  3. Bacteria: Definition, Types, Benefits, Risks & Examples

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    Bacteria are microscopic living organisms that have only one cell. The word for just one is “bacterium.” Millions (if not billions) of different types of bacteria can be found all over the world, including in your body.

  4. Bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Bacteria (/ bækˈtɪəriə / ⓘ; sg.: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats.

  5. Bacteria Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    Note: Microscopic single-celled organisms lacking a distinct nucleus are known as bacteria. They may be shaped like spheres, rods, or spirals. They inhabit virtually all environments, including soil, water, organic matter, and the bodies of animals.

  6. BACTERIA Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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    Bacteria definition: ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising numerous and variously classified phyla. See examples of BACTERIA used in a sentence.

  7. Bacteria - Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary

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    Bacteria are defined as organisms that are microscopic, unicellular, independently reproducing, and mostly free-living. Bacteria are ubiquitous in nature. They are structurally simple but functionally complex organisms that form the basis of all life on earth.

  8. What are Bacteria? - Microbiology Society

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    What are Bacteria? Bacteria are microbes with a much simpler cell structure than many other organisms, but they are by no means simple. The more scientists look, the more they understand about how complex bacteria are.

  9. Bacteria - National Human Genome Research Institute

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    Bacteria are microorganisms that come in various shapes. They can be spheres, they can be rods, or they can be spirals. There are bacteria that are bad, that we call pathogenic, and they will cause diseases, but there's also good bacteria.

  10. Bacteria are prokaryotic, single-celled microscopic organisms present almost everywhere. Explore the structure of bacteria, classification of bacteria and its reproduction.

  11. Bacteria - Biology Simple

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    Definition. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that are classified into five basic shapes: spherical (cocci), rod (bacilli), spiral (spirilla), comma (vibrios), or corkscrew (spirochaetes). They can exist as single cells, in pairs, chains, or clusters.