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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

amyl

um starch + NL.

bacter

ium. See

(Biol.)

A microörganism (

Bacillus amylobacter

) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

Sternberg.

amylobacter ‎(plural amylobacters)

(biology) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
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amylobacter m ‎(plural amylobacters)