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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]

Synonyms

• (kingdom): Eubacteria

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria - subkingdoms
  • Acidobacteria, Aquificae, Armatimonadetes, Bacteroidetes, Caldiserica, Chlamydiae, Chlorobi, Chrysiogenetes, Cyanobacteria, Deferribacteres, Deinococcus-Thermus, Dictyoglomi, Elusimicrobia, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Nitrospira, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria, Spirochaetae, Synergistetes, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermotogae, Verrucomicrobia - phyla in Negibacteria
  • Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Tenericutes - phyla in Posibacteria^[1]

Coordinate terms

• (kingdom in Prokaryota): Archaea^[1]

Derived terms

References

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

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.

Derived terms

• Bacteria
• Eubacteria
• Archaebacteria / Archebacteria
• eubacteria
• archaebacteria / archebacteria

Translations

see also under bacterium

See also

• culture (collective noun)

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.

Anagrams

• Arabetic
• race-bait

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