azotobacter

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə zōtə bak′tər, ā zō-)


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


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