Germ or germs may refer to:
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
"Germs" (song), by "Weird Al" Yankovic
The Germ (album), by Victim's Family
Others
"Germs" (Invader Zim), an episode of Invader Zim
The Germ (periodical), a British art magazine published in 1850
The Germs (comics), a comic strip
"The Germ", an 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 Germans, people from Germany