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Microorganism : microorganism

Effective 14 March 2019

Preferred Term: microorganism

Other Terms:

Definition:

Microorganism includes any of the following (whether naturally occurring or synthetically created):

1. a single-celled organism (whether an animal or plant);

2. a bacterium;

3. a protozoan;

4. a fungus;

5. a plant pathogen;

6. a thing that is a part of a microorganism.

Examples: For the purposes of point 6, envelopes, enzymes, genetic material coding for a microorganism, proteins.