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The singular form for the plural noun bacteria is bacterium.

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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.


The singular of bacteria is?

The singular form is... bacterium.


Is Bacteria plural and singular?

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.


What is the plural of Bacteria?

Bacterium is singular, Bacteria is plural


Singular for bacteria?

Bacterium.


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 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!


Is bacteria a singular word?

Bacteria is the plural form of bacterium.


Is bacteria a singular and plural?

Bacteria is the plural form. The singular form is bacterium.Bacterias is grammatically incorrect.


Is the word bacteria plural?

Yes, the noun 'bacteria' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bacterium'.


Is bacterium singular or plural?

Bacterium is the singular. The plural form is bacteria.


What is the scientific name for streptococci?

Streptococci are bacteria that belong to the genus Streptococcus. There are 27 species of Streptococcus bacteria. The most well known bacteria in the group is Streptococcus pyogenes which is the bacteria that causes Strep throat.