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a•zo•to•bac•ter
(ə zō′tə bak′tər, ā zō′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Microbiologyany of several rod-shaped or spherical soil bacteria of the genus Azotobacter, important as nitrogen fixers.
- Neo-Latin; see azote, -o-, -bacter
- 1901