Germ

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

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

 * Germ (film), a 2010 Hindi-language film
 * "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