transcription, транскрипция: [ bak-ˈtir-ē-ə ]
noun
( plural bacteria also -ri·as )
Etymology: plural of bacterium
Date: 1881
: bacterium — not usually used technically
Usage:
Bacteria is regularly a plural in scientific and pedagogical use; in speech and in journalism it is also used as a singular, and it is sometimes pluralized as bacterias
caused by a bacteria borne by certain tiny ticks — Wall Street Journal
more resistant to chlorine and elevated water temperatures than other bacteria s — Allan Bruckheim, M.D., Chicago Tribune
These journalistic uses are found in British as well as American sources.