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THIOBACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thiobacteria mean?
• THIOBACTERIA (noun)
The noun THIOBACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
Familiarity information: THIOBACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sulfur bacteria; sulphur bacteria; thiobacteria
Hypernyms ("thiobacteria" is a kind of...):
thiobacillus (small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur)
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