Informal term for a bacterium Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Informal term for a bacterium featured in Telegraph Cross Atlantic puzzle on March 31, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STREP.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STREP Informal term for a bacterium (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 31, 2026
4% STAPH Spherical bacterium, informally (5) The Washington Post Mini Jan 17, 2026
3% TEMP Short-term employee, informally (4) New York Times Mar 23, 2026
3% VIBRIO Cholera-causing bacterium (6) Premier Sunday Mar 15, 2026
3% ECOLI Gut bacterium (5) Premier Sunday Feb 22, 2026
3% GERM Bacterium (4) (4) Mirror Quick Feb 3, 2026
3% WAGON Closed railway van - informal term for car (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Feb 2, 2026
2% SNITCH Informer (6) The Times Concise Mar 19, 2026
2% ALTHO Informal "but" (5) LA Times Daily Mar 18, 2026
2% WOULDA Intended to, informally (6) Newsday Mar 8, 2026

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