Microorganism

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1. Small organisms, such as bacteria and other minute entities. Usually invisible to the unaided eye.

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A tomato plant leaf infected with bacterial speck, the disease caused by P. syringae a type of bacteria.
Source: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0386.htm