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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹəʊb/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊb/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊb/, [ˈmʌɪkɹoʊb]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmɑɪkɹəʉb/, /ˈmɑɪkɹɐʉb/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹɐʉb/

名詞

microbe (plural microbes)

1. (microbiology) Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium.
   • 2015 March 13, Ben Brumfield, “You may be your germs: Microbe genes slipped into human DNA, study says”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 13 January 2018:

     We humans and other complex animals are full of microbes, gajillions of them. People have so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own vastly.

   • 2019 October 7, Sandee LaMotte, “The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 9 March 2023:

     Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:microorganism

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Welsh: microb

アナグラム

• Crombie