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plural bacteria or (uncommon, possibly nonstandard) bacteriums
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles. quotations
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845