bacteria

bacteria
noun (plural bacteria; also -rias) 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
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more resistant to chlorine and elevated water temperatures than other bacterias — Allan Bruckheim, M.D., Chicago Tribune
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. These journalistic uses are found in British as well as American sources.

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • bacteria — [bak tir′ē ə] pl.n. sing. bacterium [bak tir′ēəm] or bacteria [ModL, pl. of bacterium < Gr baktērion, dim. of baktron, a staff: see BACILLUS] any of a division (Bacteria) of monerans, microorganisms which are typically one celled, have no… …   English World dictionary

  • Bacteria — Bac*te ri*a, n. pl. See {Bacterium}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bacteria — 1847, plural of Mod.L. bacterium, from Gk. bakterion small staff, dim. of baktron stick, rod, from PIE *bak staff used for support. So called because the first ones observed were rod shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by German… …   Etymology dictionary

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