SUPERBUG
- A bacterium that is useful in biotechnology, typically one that has been genetically engineered to enhance its usefulness for a particular purpose
- A strain of bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotic drugs
- An insect that is difficult to control or eradicate, esp. because it has become immune to insecticides
- a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics [n SUPERBUGS]
- a bacterium resistant to antibiotics [n -S]