microbial
A microbe or bacterium.
Adjective
- Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
- The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology. -...
- Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction. -...
- This type of bio-inspired material utilizes microbial calcite precipitation to heal cracks that develop autonomously, thereby enhancing the material’s durability and reducing maintenance costs. - 2024 October 10, Tiana...
- Small; tiny; minuscule.
- As I say, one must not blame the Christians too much for all this - partly because, after the communal periods which I have just mentioned, Christianity was evidently deeply influenced by the rise of Commercialism to...
Origin
Etymology tree English microbe Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English microbial From microbe + -ial.
Derived
amicrobial antimicrobial electromicrobial endomicrobial geomicrobial immunomicrobial intermicrobial microbial clock microbial fuel cell microbialite microbially monomicrobial multimicrobial nonmicrobial paucimicrobial perimicrobial polymicrobial promicrobial pseudomicrobial rhizomicrobial sociomicrobial
Noun
- A microbe or bacterium.