Bacterium
Bacterium is a general term for any unicellular prokaryotic microorganism commonly multiplying by cell division (fission) and which is typically contained within a cell wall. It may or may not be motile, parasitic or pathogenic. The plural form of the word is bacteria.
References
Ingelfinger, F.J. 1980. Dorlands Medical Dictionary. Saunders Press Pub., Philadelphia. 740.
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