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n. Plural of bacterium.

n. Plural form of bacterium.

n. A type, species, or strain of bacterium

n. Alternative form of bacterium.

n. A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

n. An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus

noun-plural. See bacterium.

n. Plural of bacterium, [capitalized] A genus of gressorial orthopterous insects, of the family Phasmidæ; the stick-insects or walking-sticks. B. sarmentosa is about 10 inches long. See Phasmidæ.

n. (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

"Though you might think it of no consequence, the spontaneous evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is very major from the point of view of a bacterium."

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