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phytobacterium

phytobacterium noun: a bacterium that lives in or on a plant.

Noun

phytobacterium (plural phytobacteria)

  1. A bacterium that lives in or on a plant.

Forms of phytobacterium

pluralphytobacteria

Origin of phytobacterium

From phyto- + bacterium.

Words formed from phytobacterium

Questions about phytobacterium

What does phytobacterium mean?
Phytobacterium means a bacterium that lives in or on a plant.
What part of speech is phytobacterium?
Phytobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of phytobacterium?
The plural of phytobacterium is phytobacteria.

Words near phytobacterium in the dictionary

  1. phytobacteria
  2. phytobacterial
  3. phytobacteriologist
  4. phytobacteriologists
  5. phytobacteriology
  6. phytobacterium
  7. phytobenthic
  8. phytobenthos
  9. phytobezoar
  10. phytobezoars
  11. phytobiological

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