amylobacter

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noun

A bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses

OriginLatin amylum →
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Meanings

nounamylobacter (plural amylobacters)

plural amylobacters

  1. biologyA bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses

Origin

  1. Latinamylum“starch”
  2. Englishamylobacter

From Latin amylum (“starch”) + bacterium.

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APA

amylobacter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amylobacter

MLA

“amylobacter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amylobacter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amylobacter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amylobacter.

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