Germ
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Germ or germs may refer to:
Science
[edit]- Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen
- Germ cell, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
- Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development
- Cereal germ, the reproductive part of a cereal grain
- Tooth germ, an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth
- Germ theory of disease, which states that some diseases are caused by microorganisms
- Germ (mathematics), an object in a topological space that captures local properties
Art and media
[edit]Music
[edit]- Germs (band), an American punk rock band
- Germ (musician), a stage name of Tim Wright
- Germ (rapper), an American rapper affiliated with Suicideboys and Pouya
- "Germs" (song), by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- The Germ (album), by Victim's Family
Others
[edit]- Germ (film), a 2010 Hindi-language film
- "Germs" (Invader Zim), an episode of Invader Zim
- The Germ (periodical), a British art magazine published in 1850
- The Germs (comics), a comic strip
- "The Germ", an episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Other uses
[edit]- Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France
- Germ Hofma (born 1925), Dutch football player in the 1940s and 1950s
See also
[edit]- Germination, the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure
- Stem cell, biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells
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