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flavobacteriosis

flavobacteriosis noun: any disease associated with the presence of flavobacteria.

Noun

flavobacteriosis (plural flavobacterioses)

  1. Any disease associated with the presence of flavobacteria
    • A common disease affecting Rainbow Trout in freshwater is flavobacteriosis (Flavobacterium psychrophilum) with characteristic skin ulcers and erosions as reported here (R. Avendaño, comm. pers. 2015).2015 November 7, “Temporal Genetic Variance and Propagule-Driven Genetic Structure Characterize Naturalized Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) from a Patagonian Lake Impacted by Trout Farming”, in...

Forms of flavobacteriosis

pluralflavobacterioses

Origin of flavobacteriosis

From flavobacterium + -osis.

Questions about flavobacteriosis

What does flavobacteriosis mean?
Flavobacteriosis means any disease associated with the presence of flavobacteria.
What part of speech is flavobacteriosis?
Flavobacteriosis is a noun.
What is the plural of flavobacteriosis?
The plural of flavobacteriosis is flavobacterioses.

Words near flavobacteriosis in the dictionary

  1. flaviviruses
  2. flavo-
  3. flavobacteria
  4. flavobacterial
  5. flavobacterioses
  6. flavobacteriosis
  7. flavobacterium
  8. flavocytochrome
  9. flavocytochromes
  10. flavodilol
  11. flavodomain

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