All bacterial synonyms
bac·te·ri·a
B b adjective bacterial
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
- infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infective — infectious.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- microscopic — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.