Bacteria rhymes with:
cafeteria, criteria, listeria, algeria, assyria, cafeteria, cerveceria, criteria, diphtheria, elyria, gaviria, iberia, liberia, listeria, nigeria, siberia, syria
Bacteria sounds like:
babysitter, backdoor, backwater, basketry, bastyr, baxter, bester, bigotry, bistro, bookstore, booster, boster, bostra, boughter, buchter, buster, bustier