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bacteriums

bacteriums is the plural of bacterium.

Meaning of bacterium

Noun

bacterium (plural bacteria or (uncommon, possibly nonstandard) bacteriums)

  1. A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
    • Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020

Questions about bacteriums

What is bacteriums the plural of?
Bacteriums is the plural of bacterium.

Words near bacteriums in the dictionary

  1. bacterising
  2. bacteristatic
  3. bacteritic
  4. bacterium
  5. bacteriumlike
  6. bacteriums
  7. bacteriuria
  8. bacteriurias
  9. bacteriuric
  10. bacterivore
  11. bacterivores

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