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Germ or germs may refer to:

Science

• 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

Music

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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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