Synonyms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Definition: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Similar words: moneran, moneron
Definition: organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Similar words: bacteria, bacterium
Definition: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants