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achromobacter

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[ey-kroh-muh-bak-ter] / eɪˈkroʊ məˌbæk tər /

noun

Bacteriology.
  1. any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Achromobacter, found in soil and water.


Etymology

Origin of achromobacter

< New Latin < Greek áchrōmo ( s ) colorless ( a- a- 6 + chrômos color) + New Latin -bacter -bacter

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When I asked why, Koff responded, “We know a lot more about the phage we use against P. aeruginosa than we do about phages targeting Achromobacter.”

From Scientific American

In March, Chan and Koff introduced a second phage targeted at another Achromobacter strain.

From Scientific American

Burgholzer's infection was caused by three species of the bacterial genus Achromobacter, and Chan planned to select individual phages that could pick them off one by one—an approach known as sequential monophage therapy.

From Scientific American

Genotypic and phenotypic applications for the differentiation and species-level identification of Achromobacter for clinical diagnoses.

From Nature