single-celled

1. Made up of only one cell . Bacteria are single-celled organisms.

Example Sentences

The researchers engineered yeast to act as single-celled drug factories and produce immune checkpoint inhibitors -- anticancer drugs that alert immune cells to the presence of cancer cells.

From Science Daily

This breakthrough reshapes our understanding of the genetic origins of stem cells, offering a new perspective on the evolutionary ties between animals and their ancient single-celled relatives.

From Science Daily

But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense?

From Science Daily

Now, in bacteria — which are a type of prokaryote, or single-celled organism — a lot of evolution happens by horizontal gene transfer.

From Salon

“It will be single-celled life at the very best, or something that looks a bit like single-celled life… We're not expecting multi-cellular life there - partly because it took so long to develop here on Earth.”

From BBC