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flavobacteria

[fley-voh-bak-teer-ee-uh]

plural noun

Bacteriology.

singular

flavobacterium 

  1. rod-shaped, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Flavobacterium, inhabiting soil and water.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flavobacteria1

From New Latin; flavo-, bacteria
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These glittery forms are microbes called flavobacteria, which produce striking metallic colours when they group together in colonies.

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