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bacteria

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Main Entry:
bac·te·ria 
          Listen to the pronunciation of bacteria
Pronunciation:
\bak-ˈtir-ē-ə\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural bacteria also bac·te·ri·as
Etymology:
plural of bacterium
Date:
1881
: bacterium —not usually used technically
usage Bacteria is regularly a plural in scientific and pedagogical use; in speech and in journalism it is also used as a singular, and it is sometimes pluralized as bacterias <caused by a bacteria borne by certain tiny ticks — Wall Street Journal> <more resistant to chlorine and elevated water temperatures than other bacterias — Allan Bruckheim, M.D., Chicago Tribune>. These journalistic uses are found in British as well as American sources.


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