# Germ

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**Germ** or **germs** may refer to:

## Science

- [Germ (microorganism)](/source/Germ_(microorganism)), an informal word for a pathogen
- [Germ cell](/source/Germ_cell), cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
- [Germ layer](/source/Germ_layer), a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development
- [Cereal germ](/source/Cereal_germ), the reproductive part of a cereal grain
- [Tooth germ](/source/Tooth_germ), an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth
- [Germ theory of disease](/source/Germ_theory_of_disease), which states that some diseases are caused by microorganisms
- [Germ (mathematics)](/source/Germ_(mathematics)), an object in a topological space that captures local properties

## Art and media

### Music

- ["Germ" (song)](/source/Germ_(song)), by Kate Nash
- [Germs (band)](/source/Germs_(band)), an American punk rock band
- [Germ (musician)](/source/Germ_(musician)), a stage name of Tim Wright
- [Germ (rapper)](/source/Germ_(rapper)), an American rapper
- ["Germs" (song)](/source/Germs_(song)), by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Germs", a song by JPEGMafia from *[Veteran](/source/Veteran_(JPEGMafia_album))*
- [*The Germ* (album)](/source/The_Germ_(album)), by Victim's Family
- Germ (band), created by [Tim Yatras](/source/Tim_Yatras).

### Others

- [Germ (film)](/source/Germ_(film)), a 2010 Hindi-language film
- ["Germs" (*Invader Zim*)](/source/Germs_(Invader_Zim)), an episode of *Invader Zim*
- [*The Germ* (periodical)](/source/The_Germ_(periodical)), a British art magazine published in 1850
- [The Germs (comics)](/source/The_Germs_(comics)), a comic strip
- "The Germ", an [episode of *G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero*](/source/List_of_G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_episodes#Season_1_(1985))

## Other uses

- [Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées](/source/Germ,_Hautes-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es), a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France
- [Germ Hofma](/source/Germ_Hofma) (born 1925), Dutch football player in the 1940s and 1950s

## See also

- [Germination](/source/Germination), the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure
- [Stem cell](/source/Stem_cell), biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells

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