see|Bacteria
English
Image:Escherichia Coli NIAID.jpg|thumb|Bacteria viewed through an electron microscope

Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/bæk�tɪɻ.i.�/

Etymology
AGr. term|scpolytonic|βακ�ή�ιο�|trbakt�rios||small stick|lang=grc.

Noun
bacteria plural

1. microbiology plural of|bacterium
2. 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: جراث��
Breton: bakteri collective noun bakterienn f|s
Chinese: 細�, ��
Dutch: bacteriën
Finnish: bakteerikanta (collective noun), bakteerit (plural)
French: t-|fr|bactéries|f|p
German: Bakterien
Greek: t|el|βακ�ή�ια|n|p|sc=Grek (vaktíria)
Icelandic: gerlar n|p, bakteríur n|p
Indonesian: t+|id|bakteri|xs=Indonesian
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Interlingua: bacterios
Italian: t+|it|batteri|m|p
Japanese: 細� (����, saikin)
Korean: �균 segyun, ��리� bagteria
Mongolian: н�н (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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Category:Nature

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