bacteria

• (US) IPA^(key): /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

From New Latin bacteria, plural of bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), neuter diminutive of βακτηρία (baktēría, “rod, stick”) (cognate with English peg).

bacteria

1. plural of bacterium

bacteria (plural bacterias)

1. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
   • 2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations‎, 2nd ed. edition, →ISBN, 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. (derogatory, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

• 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.

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

see also under bacterium

• culture (collective noun)

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

bacteria (plural bacteriae)

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

• Arabetic, race-bait

bacteria f (plural bacterias)

1. bacterium

bacteria

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

bacteria f (plural bacterias)

1. bacterium