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Definition of Bacterias
1. bacteria [n] - See also: bacteria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacterias
Literary usage of Bacterias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1845)
"On the Production of Vibrios and Bacterias in Inflammation of the Bronchi, fyc.
By M. POUCHET. (Journ. de Mid. et Chir. Prat., Dec. 1864. ..."
2. The United States Service Magazine (1864)
"... that the Bacterias cannot exist without oxygen (the atmosphere) and the Vibrios
cannot exist with it; that in some cases, where a pellicle is formed by ..."
3. Don Basilio: A Practical Guide to Spanish Conversation & Correspondence by J. Schilling (1907)
"... que son bacterias que andan por el aire y que atacan nuestro interior; luego
pretenden que son bacterias ó microbios'8 que habitan las aguas corrompidas ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1987 In this use a plural bacterias is sometimes found: -. more resistant to
chlorine and elevated water temperatures than other bacterias —Allan ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"... germs which had proceeded from parent Vibrios and Bacterias, but too minute
for optical appreciation, and that their generation was therefore normal. ..."