Hyphenation of Bacterium

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Bacterium? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Bac-teri-um

Definitions of Bacterium:

1.	(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission Important as pathogens and for biochemical properties Taxonomy is difficult Often considered to be plants

Synonyms of Bacterium:

noun	bacteria, microorganism

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Hyphenator

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