different between microorganism vs archaeon

English

Alternative forms

• micro-organism
• microörganism

Etymology

From micro- +? organism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k??????.??n.?.z?m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ma?.k?o?????.??n.?.z?m?/

Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

1. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

Usage notes

Whether viruses are alive, and thus whether they are microorganisms (microbes), is a matter of variable ontology; the semantic field of the word microorganism is often taken to include viruses in casual or broad terms, but not always in precise terms.

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

See also

• macroorganism

Romanian

Etymology

From French microorganisme.

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

1. microorganism

Declension

English

Etymology

Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.

Noun

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

1. A member of the kingdom Archaea; an archaebacterium. [from 20th c.]
   • 2020, Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 15 January:

     Then, the theory goes, a rogue archaeon gobbled up a bacterium to create an entirely new type of cell that would go on to form the basis of all complex life on Earth, from plants to humans.

Synonyms

• archaebacterium

Translations

See also

• extremophile

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar?k?ae?.on/, [är?k?äe??n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar?ke.on/, [?r?k???n]

Noun

archaeon n (genitive archae?); second declension

1. archaeon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).