Taber's Medical Dictionary
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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Venes, Donald, editor. "2bacteria." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730835/all/bacteria__2_.
2bacteria. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730835/all/bacteria__2_. Accessed April 10, 2025.
2bacteria. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730835/all/bacteria__2_
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