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'''Germ''' or '''germs''' may refer to:
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== 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 (rapper)|Pouya]]
* [[Germs (song)|"Germs" (song)]], by "Weird Al" Yankovic
* [[The Germ (album)|''The Germ'' (album)]], by Victim's Family

=== Others===
*[[Germ (film)]], a 2010 Hindi-language film
* [[Germs (Invader Zim)|"Germs" (''Invader Zim'')]], an episode of ''Invader Zim''
* [[The Germ (periodical)|''The Germ'' (periodical)]], a British art magazine published in 1850
* [[The Germs (comics)]], a comic strip
* "The Germ", an [[List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero episodes#Season 1 (1985)|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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