Tom succeeded in culturing the new microorganism.
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Microorganism
//ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡəˌnɪz.m̩//
Synonyms for "microorganism" (107 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 54 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِيكْرُوب noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Armenian
1 entries- միկրոօրգանիզմ noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Assamese
1 entries- বীজাণু noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Asturian
1 entries- microorganismu noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Belarusian
1 entries- мікрааргані́зм noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Bulgarian
1 entries- микрооргани́зъм noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Catalan
1 entries- microorganisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 微生物 noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Czech
1 entries- mikroorganismus noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Danish
1 entries- mikroorganisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Dutch
1 entries- micro-organisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Esperanto
1 entries- mikroorganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Estonian
1 entries- mikroorganism noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Faroese
1 entries- smávera noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Finnish
1 entries- mikro-organismi noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
French
1 entries- microorganisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Galician
1 entries- microorganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკროორგანიზმი noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
German
1 entries- Mikroorganismus noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Greek
1 entries- μικροοργανισμός noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Hebrew
1 entries- מיקרואורגניזם noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Hindi
1 entries- सूक्ष्मजीव noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Hungarian
1 entries- mikroorganizmus noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Icelandic
1 entries- örvera noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Ido
2 entries- mikrobo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
- mikroorganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Indonesian
1 entries- mikroorganisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Italian
1 entries- microrganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Japanese
1 entries- 微生物 noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Kazakh
1 entries- микроағза noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Khmer
1 entries- អតិសុខុមកាយ noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Korean
1 entries- 미생물 noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Lao
1 entries- ຈຸນລະຊີບ noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Latvian
1 entries- mikroorganisms noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Malay
1 entries- mikroorganisma noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Marathi
1 entries- सूक्ष्मजीव noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Māori
1 entries- moroiti noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼosh doo yitʼínii noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Occitan
1 entries- microorganisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Persian
1 entries- میکروارگانیسم noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Polish
1 entries- mikroorganizm noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Portuguese
2 entries- micro-organismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
- microrganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Romanian
1 entries- microorganism noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Russian
1 entries- микрооргани́зм noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- mikroorganìzam noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Spanish
1 entries- microorganismo noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Swedish
1 entries- mikroorganism noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Tagalog
1 entries- miktataghay noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Tamil
1 entries- நுண்ணுயிர் noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Telugu
1 entries- సూక్ష్మజీవి noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Thai
2 entries- จุลชีพ noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
- จุลินทรีย์ noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Turkish
1 entries- mikroorganizma noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мікрооргані́зм noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Vietnamese
3 entries- vi khuẩn noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
- vi sinh vật noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
- vi trùng noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
West-Frisian
1 entries- mikro-organisme noun (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Scientists found concentrations of the microorganism that were “almost two orders of magnitude greater than any other concentration of phytoplankton ever found on the Earth,” according to Dr. Paula Bontempi, NASA’s Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry program manager.
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Kenyans have come up with a variety of methods to try to eradicate the problem plant, including breeding a microorganism that feeds on the cactus and also turning it into food for humans.
Source: tatoeba (11261964)
The alien microorganism grew faster.
Source: tatoeba (11711669)
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