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microbacteria

microbacteria


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Microbacteria  \Mi`cro*bac*te"ri*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Micro-}, 
  and  {Bacterium}.]  (Biol.) 
  In  the  classification  of  Cohn,  one  of  the  four  tribes  of 
  Bacteria. 
 
  Note:  In  this  classification  bacteria  are  divided  into  four 
  tribes:  1.  {Spherobacteria},  or  spherical  bacteria,  as 
  the  genus  {Micrococcus}.  2.  {Microbacteria},  or 
  bacteria  in  the  form  of  short  rods,  including  the  genus 
  {Bacterium}.  3.  {Desmobacteria},  or  bacteria  in 
  straight  filaments,  of  which  the  genus  {Bacillus}  is  a 
  type  4.  {Spirobacteria},  or  bacteria  in  spiral 
  filaments,  as  the  genus  {Vibrio}.