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streptobacterium

streptobacterium noun: a supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria, for example, Lactobacillus, linked together to form a chain.

Noun

streptobacterium (plural streptobacteria)

  1. (dated) A supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria, for example, Lactobacillus, linked together to form a chain.

Forms of streptobacterium

pluralstreptobacteria

Origin of streptobacterium

From strepto- + bacterium.

Questions about streptobacterium

What does streptobacterium mean?
Streptobacterium means a supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria, for example, Lactobacillus, linked together to form a chain.
What part of speech is streptobacterium?
Streptobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of streptobacterium?
The plural of streptobacterium is streptobacteria.

Words near streptobacterium in the dictionary

  1. streptobacilli
  2. streptobacillosis
  3. streptobacillus
  4. streptobacteria
  5. streptobacterial
  6. streptobacterium
  7. streptobactin
  8. streptocarpus
  9. streptocarpuses
  10. streptocephalid
  11. streptocephalids

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