Plural of cyanobacterium
irregular plural
The plural of cyanobacterium is cyanobacteria.
Forms of cyanobacterium
| Singular | cyanobacterium |
|---|---|
| Plural | cyanobacteria |
| Countable | countable |
Cyanobacteria in a sentence
- At some point in the first billion years of life, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, learned to tap into a freely available resource – the hydrogen that exists in spectacular abundance in water.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 262
- Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 91
- The cyanobacteria grow filaments that are surrounded by a sticky gel-like sheath.[2021, Jaco J. Hamman, Just Traveling: God, Leaving Home, and a Spirituality for the Road, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry desert glue
- The benthic microflora of marine sands includes bacteria, blue-green bacteria (cyanobacteria), autotrophic flagellates, and diatoms.2017, Anton McLachlan, Omar Defeo, The Ecology of Sandy Shores, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry epipsammon
- Cryptobiotic crusts, also called desert glue, are cyanobacteria that grow hidden on the surface of the desert sand.[2021, Jaco J. Hamman, Just Traveling: God, Leaving Home, and a Spirituality for the Road, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry desert glue
Meaning of cyanobacterium
- noun Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Nouns ending in -um: plural -a
- minimum (minima)
- medium (media)
- maximum (maxima)
- spectrum (spectra)
- curriculum (curricula)
- referendum (referenda)
- millennium (millennia)
- consortium (consortia)
- podium (podia)
- aquarium (aquaria)
- optimum (optima)
- gymnasium (gymnasia)
Questions about the plural of cyanobacterium
- What is the plural of cyanobacterium?
- The plural of cyanobacterium is cyanobacteria.
- Is cyanobacterium countable?
- Cyanobacterium is a countable noun.
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