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The character 菌, signifying fungus or bacterium, combines the grass radical 艹 with the phonetic element 囷, where the radical suggests a plant-like nature and the component offers phonetic guidance. Its early usage primarily referred to mushrooms and other fungal growths, but over time, the term's meaning extended to include microscopic entities like bacteria, paralleling scientific developments in microbiology. The traditional form of this character has persisted without alteration, maintaining its structural logic as a semantic-phonetic compound while accommodating an expanded conceptual range.
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细菌在显微镜下才能看到。
这种真菌生长在潮湿的地方。
不要吃那些发霉有霉菌的食物。
蘑菇是一种可食用的菌类。
抗生素可以有效杀死致病菌。
微生物包括细菌、病毒和真菌。
实验室正在培育一种新的菌株。
研究者通过基因工程改造了这种酵母菌。