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Techincally, bacteria is plural. Bacterium is the singular.
The reality of contemporary usage is that most people are unfamiliar with the word "bacterium" and use bacteria for both the singular and plural. However, you should try to avoid using bacteria as a singular in formal communication.
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Is the word bacteria plural?
Yes, the noun 'bacteria' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bacterium'.
Is bacteria a singular and plural?
Bacteria is the plural form. The singular form is bacterium.Bacterias is grammatically incorrect.
What is the English plural form of bacteria?
The singular form is bacterium; the plural form is bacteria.
What is the latin name for bacteria?
The origin is greek (baktērion) converted into new Latin as bacterium for singular and bacteria for plural. Nowadays the common usage is bacteria for singular and bacterias for plural.
Is bacteria the same as bacterium?
Yes, bacteria is the plural form and bacterium is the singular form.
What is the plural of Bacteria?
Bacterium is singular, Bacteria is plural
What is the plural form of bacteria?
Bacterium. The plural form -a comes from Latin, where a 2nd declension neuter noun's singular is -um and its plural is -a. You can see the same from datum, data;
Is bacterium singular or plural?
Bacterium is the singular. The plural form is bacteria.
Is the word bacteria plural?
Yes, the noun 'bacteria' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bacterium'.
What is the singular name for bacteria?
The singular form for the plural noun bacteria is bacterium.
Is bacteria a singular and plural?
Bacteria is the plural form. The singular form is bacterium.Bacterias is grammatically incorrect.
What is the English plural form of bacteria?
The singular form is bacterium; the plural form is bacteria.
Is bacteria a singular word?
Bacteria is the plural form of bacterium.
Is bacterium plural?
bacteria is, unless you were to use the word "The" in front (the bacteria are) Answer The bacterium is ...., the bacteria are..... Bacteria is the plural form, bacterium is the singluar.
Is the word bacteria a plural or singular word?
Apparently, the singular form of bacteria is bacterium, but you can use the word bacteria for singular, too, and no one will correct you. If you are in science class or something, ifyou want to use a word other than bacteria for singular, then bacterium is the word to use. But you can't just use bacteria for singular all over the place and then put bacterium, you could confuse some people.So the final answer is: Bacteria is singular and plural at the same time, though bacterium works for singular as well.I hope I helped & good luck w/ your project or whatever you need this for!
How do you spell bactera?
Bacteria is the plural; bacterium is the singular.
What is the difference between bacteria and bacterium?
bacteria is plural and bacterium is singular
