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amylobacter

amylobacter noun: a bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses.

Noun

amylobacter (plural amylobacters)

  1. A bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses

Forms of amylobacter

pluralamylobacters

Origin of amylobacter

From Latin amylum (“starch”) + bacterium.

Questions about amylobacter

What does amylobacter mean?
Amylobacter means a bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses.
What part of speech is amylobacter?
Amylobacter is a noun.
What is the plural of amylobacter?
The plural of amylobacter is amylobacters.

Words near amylobacter in the dictionary

  1. amylinomimetics
  2. amylite
  3. amylites
  4. amylmetacresol
  5. amylo-
  6. amylobacter
  7. amylobacteria
  8. amylobacterium
  9. amylobacters
  10. amylobarbitone
  11. amylobarbitones

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