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streptomycete

streptomycete noun: any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae.

Noun

streptomycete (plural streptomycetes)

  1. Any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae

Forms of streptomycete

pluralstreptomycetes

Words formed from streptomycete

Questions about streptomycete

What does streptomycete mean?
Streptomycete means any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae.
What part of speech is streptomycete?
Streptomycete is a noun.
What is the plural of streptomycete?
The plural of streptomycete is streptomycetes.

Words near streptomycete in the dictionary

  1. streptolysin
  2. streptolysins
  3. streptolysis
  4. streptomonomicin
  5. streptomyces
  6. streptomycete
  7. streptomycetes
  8. streptomycin
  9. streptomycine
  10. streptomycins
  11. streptoneurous

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