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bifidobacterium

bifidobacterium noun: any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium.

bifidobacterium: any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium
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Noun

bifidobacterium (plural bifidobacteria)

  1. Any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium

Forms of bifidobacterium

pluralbifidobacteria

Origin of bifidobacterium

From the genus name.

Questions about bifidobacterium

What does bifidobacterium mean?
Bifidobacterium means any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium.
What part of speech is bifidobacterium?
Bifidobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of bifidobacterium?
The plural of bifidobacterium is bifidobacteria.

Words near bifidobacterium in the dictionary

  1. bifidity
  2. bifidly
  3. bifidobacteria
  4. bifidobacterial
  5. bifidobacterially
  6. bifidobacterium
  7. bifidogenesis
  8. bifidogenic
  9. bifidogenicity
  10. bifidum
  11. bifilar

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