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Concept information
Preferred term
microorganisms
Type
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Organism
Definition
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Any organism such as bacteria, fungus, microalgae, virus, etc. that can be seen only with a microscope.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- airborne microorganisms
- bacteria
- beneficial microorganisms
- cellulolytic microorganisms
- denitrifying microorganisms
- fastidious microorganisms
- fungi
- inoculum
- intestinal microorganisms
- ligninolytic microorganisms
- lipolytic microorganisms
- mesophilic microorganisms
- methanogens
- methanotrophs
- nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria
- rickettsia-like organisms
- rumen microorganisms
- soil microorganisms
- spoilage microorganisms
- thermophilic microorganisms
- viruses
- xylanolytic microorganisms
Synonyms
- microbes
- microbial flora
- microbiota
- microflora
- micro-organisms
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5881
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