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STREPTOMYCES SCABIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptomyces scabies mean? 

STREPTOMYCES SCABIES (noun)
  The noun STREPTOMYCES SCABIES has 1 sense:

1. cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissueplay

  Familiarity information: STREPTOMYCES SCABIES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STREPTOMYCES SCABIES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

potato scab bacteria; Streptomyces scabies

Hypernyms ("Streptomyces scabies" is a kind of...):

streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))


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