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microorganism
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microorganism [¦mī·krō′ȯr·gə‚niz·əm]
(microbiology)
A microscopic organism, including bacteria, protozoans, yeast, viruses, and algae.


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Now, scientists are finding evidence that ultraviolet radiation is harming the oceans' microscopic organisms, as well as juvenile anchovies.
Among the top killers: malaria, an illness caused by a parasite, a microscopic organism that feeds on living cells.
nbsp;parasite (a single-celled, microscopic organism that lives off other creatures) swimming in hundreds of samples taken from dead lobsters.
 
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