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achromobacter

[ ey-kroh-muh-bak-ter ]

noun

, Bacteriology.
  1. any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Achromobacter, found in soil and water.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of achromobacter1

< New Latin < Greek áchrōmo ( s ) colorless ( a- a- 6 + chrômos color) + New Latin -bacter -bacter
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Example Sentences

When I asked why, Koff responded, “We know a lot more about the phage we use against P. aeruginosa than we do about phages targeting Achromobacter.”

In March, Chan and Koff introduced a second phage targeted at another Achromobacter strain.

Burgholzer's infection was caused by three species of the bacterial genus Achromobacter, and Chan planned to select individual phages that could pick them off one by one—an approach known as sequential monophage therapy.

Genotypic and phenotypic applications for the differentiation and species-level identification of Achromobacter for clinical diagnoses.

From Nature

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achromicA chromosome