Germ or germs may refer to:

Science

Germ (microorganism) In biology, a pathogen (, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a Germ theory of d ...

, an informal word for a pathogen *

Germ cell A germ cell is any cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually. In many animals, the germ cells originate in the primitive streak and migrate via the gut of an embryo to the developing gonads. There, they unde ...

, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually *

Germ layer A germ layer is a primary layer of cell (biology), cells that forms during embryonic development. The three germ layers in vertebrates are particularly pronounced; however, all eumetazoans (animals that are sister taxa to the sponges) produce tw ...

, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development *

Cereal germ The germ of a cereal grain is the part that develops into a plant; it is the seed embryo. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. Cereal grains and their components, such as wheat ge ...

, the reproductive part of a cereal grain * Tooth germ, an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth *

Germ theory of disease The germ theory of disease is the currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases. It states that microorganisms known as pathogens or "germs" can cause disease. These small organisms, which are too small to be seen without magnification, ...

, which states that some diseases are caused by microorganisms *

Germ (mathematics) In mathematics, the notion of a germ of an object in/on a topological space is an equivalence class of that object and others of the same kind that captures their shared local properties. In particular, the objects in question are mostly functions ...

, an object in a topological space that captures local properties

Art and media

Music

Germs (band) The Germs were an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1976 to 1980. The band's "classic" lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom and drummer Don Bolles (musician), ...

, an American punk rock band * Germ (musician), a stage name of Tim Wright * Germ (rapper), an American rapper * "Germs" (song), by "Weird Al" Yankovic * "Germs", a song by JPEGMafia from ''

Veteran A veteran () is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in an job, occupation or Craft, field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in the military, armed forces. A topic o ...

'' * ''The Germ'' (album), by Victim's Family

Others

Germ (film) Germ is a 2010 Hindi, Hindi language film directed by Snehal R Nair and produced by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute. The film won two National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film, Best Non-Feature Film and Nat ...

, 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) The Germs is a comic strip in the UK comic book, comic ''The Beano''. It first appeared in issue 2374, dated 16 January 1988, replacing the Rasher strip, where the characters had been introduced the previous week.The Beano issue 3623 dated 18 Fe ...

, a comic strip * "The Germ", an episode of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''

Other uses

Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées Germ (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other der ...

, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France *

Germ Hofma Gerben 'Germ' Hofma (19 April 1925 – 14 October 2018)Germination Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. The term is applied to the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of fungi, ...

, the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure *

Stem cell In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can change into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type of cell ...

, biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells {{disambiguation