Kanji1 / 11
菌 kanji
germ, fungus, bacteria
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 菌
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —腐生菌saprophytic fungus; saprophytic bacteria
- —静菌剤bacteriostatic agent
- —滅菌剤sterilant; sterilizer; sterilizing agent
- —溶原菌lysogen; bacteria carrying a prophage
- —菌糸体mycelium
- —酢酸菌acetobacter; acetic acid bacteria
- —黒麹菌Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
- —白麹菌Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white kōji mould, used in shōchū production
- —酪酸菌butyric acid producing bacillus (Clostridium butyricum)
- —悪玉菌pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
- —黄癬菌achorion fungus
- —黒穂菌smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
- —原因菌causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
- —枯草菌hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus
- —さび菌rust (fungus)
- —硝化菌nitrifying bacteria
- —硝酸菌nitrate bacteria; nitrate-forming bacteria
- —食用菌edible mushroom
- —鉄細菌iron bacteria
- —白癬菌Trichophyton fungus (dermatophyte that causes ringworm, etc.)