Bacteririum

/bækˈtɪriəm/ noun

A singular or variant form referring to a bacterium or relating to bacteria.

From Latin 'bakterion' (rod-shaped creature). A rare or obsolete term from early bacteriology that lost out to 'bacterium' as the standard singular form.

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