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Bacteria

Bac-te′ri-a

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Noun.
pl.
See
Bacterium
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Definition 2024


Bacteria

Bacteria

See also: bacteria, bactéria, and bacterià

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Bacteria

  1. In the three-domain system, a taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla.
  2. In the two-empire system (or two-superkingdom system), A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota single-cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

bacteria

bacteria

See also: Bacteria, bactéria, and bacterià

English

scanning electron micrograph of E. coli bacteria

Noun

bacteria

  1. plural of bacterium

Noun

bacteria

  1. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
    • 2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations, 2nd ed. edition, ISBN 8122412254, page 177:
      Anaerobic bacteria function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic bacteria require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter []
  2. (US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
  3. (pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
Usage notes
  • This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under bacterium.
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see also under bacterium

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Etymology 2

From New Latin bacteria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría, rod, stick).

Noun

bacteria (plural bacteriae)

  1. (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

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Galician

Noun

bacteria f (plural bacterias)

  1. bacterium

Latin

Noun

bacteria

  1. nominative plural of bacterium
  2. accusative plural of bacterium
  3. vocative plural of bacterium

Spanish

Noun

bacteria f (plural bacterias)

  1. bacterium