bacterium

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Bacterium

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• IPA ^(key): /bækˈtɪər.ɪəm/

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Noun

Singular bacterium

Plural bacteria

1. (countable) Bacterium are organisms (living things) that have one cell.

   He looked at the bacterium through the microscope.