streptobacteria Meaning, Definition & Usage

Strep`to*bac*te"ri*a noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. pliant, bent + E. & NL. bacteria.
Wordforms
singular Streptobracterium
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.

Webster 1913