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flavobacterium

flavobacterium noun: any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.

Noun

flavobacterium (plural flavobacteria)

  1. Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.

Forms of flavobacterium

pluralflavobacteria

Words formed from flavobacterium

Questions about flavobacterium

What does flavobacterium mean?
Flavobacterium means any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
What part of speech is flavobacterium?
Flavobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of flavobacterium?
The plural of flavobacterium is flavobacteria.

Words near flavobacterium in the dictionary

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

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