Germ

Germ may refer to:

• Microorganism, especially a pathogen; see Germ theory of disease
• Germ cell, an ovum or sperm, or one of its progenitors
• The Germ (periodical), a periodical established by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to disseminate their ideas
• Germ (mathematics), an object in a topological space that captures local properties
• Cereal germ, the reproductive part of a cereal grain
• Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées département in southwestern France

Germs may refer to:

• Germs (band), an American punk rock band (1976–1980, 2005–present)
• The Germs (comics), a comic strip in the magazine The Beano
• Germs (Invader Zim), an episode of Invader Zim
• "Germs" (song), a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic