thermobacterium

noun

ther·​mo·​bacterium

"+

: any of various thermoduric lactobacilli often considered to constitute a subgenus (Thermobacterium) of the genus Lactobacillus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from therm- + bacterium

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