microbial

About 3.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
2. adjective Small; tiny; minuscule.
3. noun A microbe or bacterium.

Similar words

microbiologic micro-organism microorganism microbiological bacterial microbiology antimicrobial anti-microbial biological germ

Often followed by

growth activity ecology biomass population populations communities degradation cells contamination