2bacteria

In popular and nontechnical usage, a singular noun commonly misused for bacterium. The plural bacterias is also common.

BACTERIA (A) Group A streptococci; beta-hemolysis on blood agar; (B) Salmonella; H2S production (black) on SS (Salmonella-Shigella) agar

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