Word Direct Answers

microbacteria

microbacteria is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Microbacteria, or bacteria in the form of short rods, including the genus Bacterium.
  2. 2.Desmobacteria, or bacteria in straight filaments, of which the genus Bacillus is a type.
  3. 3.Spirobacteria, or bacteria in spiral filaments, as the genus Vibrio.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is microbacteria.

Sources