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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus standing probably intermediate between the bacteria and the fungi proper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
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- noun biology Any of the
genus Streptothrix ofbacilli , occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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