Yes, the noun 'bacteria' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bacterium'.
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.
The plural of bacterium is bacteria. The plural possessive is bacteria's.(e.g. The bacteria's differing metabolisms make some more susceptible to the drugs.)
The singular form is bacterium; the plural form is bacteria.
The plural of bacterium is bacteria.
Bacteria is the plural form. The singular form is bacterium.Bacterias is grammatically incorrect.
Bacteria is the plural form of bacterium.
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;
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.
Bacterium is plural bacteria.
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.
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!
Bacterium is singular, Bacteria is plural
Bacteria is a plural form of the word "bacterium". Bacteria are single celled organisms that are ubiquitous is all of the environments on Earth.
Yes, bacteria is a noun, the plural form for the singular bacterium, a common, concrete noun; a word for a single cell organism, a word for a thing.
bacteria is plural and bacterium is singular
Yes, Bacteria is a micro-organism.Additional answerBut note that the word 'bacteria' is a plural word, so your question really should read 'Are bacteria micro-organisms.
The plural of bacterium is bacteria.