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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Photobacterium

/(fō`tō̇*băk*tē"rē̇*ŭm)/ · Pho·to·bac·te·ri·um · IPA
01 n. A genus including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria which emit bluish or greenish phosphorescence. Also, any microorganism of this group.
  1. 1.
    A genus including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria which emit bluish or greenish phosphorescence. Also, any microorganism of this group.(Bacteriol.)