Caulobacter

noun

Cau·​lo·​bac·​ter

ˈkȯlōˌbaktə(r)

: a genus (the type of the family Caulobacteraceae) of gram-negative aquatic bacteria that are motile by polar flagella when young but later fixed to the substrate by a stalk and that multiply by transverse binary fission

caulobacterium

¦⸗⸗ˌ⸗ˈtirēəm

noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from caul- + -bacter

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