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propionibacteria

propionibacteria is the plural of propionibacterium.

Meaning of propionibacterium

Noun

propionibacterium (plural propionibacteria)

  1. Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese

Questions about propionibacteria

What is propionibacteria the plural of?
Propionibacteria is the plural of propionibacterium.

Words near propionibacteria in the dictionary

  1. propionamide
  2. propionamides
  3. propionate
  4. propionates
  5. propione
  6. propionibacteria
  7. propionibacterial
  8. propionibacterium
  9. propionic
  10. propionic acid
  11. propionigenesis

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