nylon-eating bacterium

noun

Any of the strain Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72 of bacteria that can digest certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture using the enzyme nylonase.

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Meanings

nounnylon-eating bacterium (plural nylon-eating bacteria)

plural nylon-eating bacteria

  1. in pluralAny of the strain Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72 of bacteria that can digest certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture using the enzyme nylonase.
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