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ferrobacterium

ferrobacterium noun: a bacterium that oxidizes ferrous to ferric salts.

Noun

ferrobacterium (plural ferrobacteria)

  1. A bacterium that oxidizes ferrous to ferric salts.

Forms of ferrobacterium

pluralferrobacteria

Origin of ferrobacterium

ferro- + bacterium

Questions about ferrobacterium

What does ferrobacterium mean?
Ferrobacterium means a bacterium that oxidizes ferrous to ferric salts.
What part of speech is ferrobacterium?
Ferrobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of ferrobacterium?
The plural of ferrobacterium is ferrobacteria.

Words near ferrobacterium in the dictionary

  1. ferroaluminum
  2. ferroan
  3. ferroaugite
  4. ferroaxinite
  5. ferrobacteria
  6. ferrobacterium
  7. ferrobarroisite
  8. ferrobasalt
  9. ferroboat
  10. ferroboats
  11. ferroboron

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