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see|Bacteria
English
Image:Escherichia Coli NIAID.jpg|thumb|Bacteria viewed through an electron microscope
Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/bækˈtɪɻ.i.ə/
Etymology
AGr. term|scpolytonic|βακτήÏιος|trbaktÄ“rios||small
stick|lang=grc.
Noun
bacteria plural
-
microbiology plural of|bacterium
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pejorative 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 nonstandard. See the usage examples under bacterium.
Translations
see also under bacterium
trans-top|bacteria
Arabic:
جراثيم
Breton: bakteri collective noun bakterienn f|s
Chinese:
ç´°èŒ, 细èŒ
Dutch: bacteriën
Finnish: bakteerikanta (collective noun), bakteerit
(plural)
French: t-|fr|bactéries|f|p
German: Bakterien
Greek:
t|el|βακτήÏια|n|p|sc=Grek (vaktÃria)
Icelandic: gerlar n|p,
bakterÃur n|p
Indonesian: t+|id|bakteri|xs=Indonesian
trans-mid
Interlingua: bacterios
Italian:
t+|it|batteri|m|p
Japanese: ç´°èŒ (ã•ã„ãã‚“, saikin)
Korean: 세ê·
segyun, 박테리아 bagteria
Mongolian: нÑн (nian)
Polish:
t+|pl|bakterie
Portuguese: bactérias
Slovak: baktérie f|p
Spanish:
bacterias
Swedish: t+|sv|bakterier
Volapük: bakters
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See also
culture (collective noun)
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