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Bacterium is the singular word.
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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!
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 bacteria a singular word?
Bacteria is the plural form of bacterium.
Is bacterium one or many cells?
This word is singular. One cell is the answer.
Is bacterium singular or plural?
Bacterium is the singular. The plural form is bacteria.
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 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.
The singular of bacteria is?
The singular form is... bacterium.
Is the word bacteria plural?
Yes, the noun 'bacteria' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bacterium'.
Singular for bacteria?
Bacterium.
What is the difference between bacteria and bacterium?
bacteria is plural and bacterium is singular
Are bacteria same as bacterium?
biologically yes, grammatically no. Bacterium is the singular form of bacteria.
