germ|germs

那个不经意的提议，正是一个后来改变了公司的绝妙想法的萌芽。

That casual suggestion was ___the ___germ ___of a brilliant idea that later transformed the company.

定期清洁有助于减少家居环境中的细菌数量。

Regular cleaning helps to reduce the number of household ___germs.

在他们第一次看似琐碎的对话中，蕴含着一个革命性科学理论的雏形。

In their first, seemingly trivial conversation, lay ___the ___germ ___of a revolutionary scientific theory.