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acetoclastic

acetoclastic adjective: describing anaerobic archaea that convert acetic acid to methane.

Adjective

acetoclastic (not comparable)

  1. Describing anaerobic archaea that convert acetic acid to methane

Origin of acetoclastic

From aceto- + -clast + -ic.

Words formed from acetoclastic

Questions about acetoclastic

What does acetoclastic mean?
Acetoclastic means describing anaerobic archaea that convert acetic acid to methane.
What part of speech is acetoclastic?
Acetoclastic is an adjective.

Words near acetoclastic in the dictionary

  1. acetobutyrate
  2. acetobutyrates
  3. acetocarmine
  4. acetochlor
  5. acetoclast
  6. acetoclastic
  7. acetoclastically
  8. acetoclastis
  9. acetoclasts
  10. acetoclasty
  11. acetogen

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