Germ

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

The patient gets a weakened version of the germ, which triggers the body's immune system to produce antibodies.

Antibodies work by attaching themselves to an invading germ.

I must not stay to notice the strange fortunes of all the many other quasi-human worlds. I will mention only that in some, though civilization was destroyed in a succession of savage wars, the germ of recovery precariously survived. In one, the agonizing balance of the old and the new seemed to prolong itself indefinitely. In another, where science had advanced too far for the safety of an immature species, man accidentally blew up his planet and his race. In several, the dialectical process of history was broken short by invasion and conquest on the part of inhabitants of another planet. These and other disaster, to be described in due course, decimated the galactic population of worlds.

"Welcome home. The bath is ready for you." "I'm feeling hungry, so is it ok if I eat something beforehand?" "No, don't touch a thing! Get to the bathroom." "Hey, you don't have to treat me like a germ you know." "But do you think I can help it with the current state of the world? Please hurry up. Oh, and don't forget to leave the window open after you get out of the bath."

The most common germ spread from turtles is called Salmonella.

I think we all remain confident that we eventually will be able to identify this germ, but it is too preliminary to ascribe the disease to any particular agent in this point in time.

But unlike White-nose syndrome or chytrid disease, in which a single pathogen has wiped out millions of creatures across vast distances, Goldberg does not think a single germ is responsible for all the mussel die-offs.

The ovaries develop with the growth of the female, so that, finally, at the pubescent period, they ripen and liberate an ovum, or germ vesicle, which is carried into the uterine cavity through the Fallopian tubes.

Although the threat of a bioterrorist attack using Yersinia pestis, the germ that causes plague, is unlikely, there are examples throughout history of Y. pestis being used as a bioweapon.