Microbe (4)

I believe the answer is:

germ

'microbe' is the definition.
(I know that microbe can be written as germ)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for germ that I've seen before include "Start of an idea" , "One causing disease" , "Rudiment" , "Shoot" , "starting point" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, The Washington Post, The Sun, the Penny Press, the Universal, The Telegraph, The Guardian, the LA Times, the USA Today, the L.A. Times Daily, the Evening Standard, The Times and The Mirror.

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