amylobacterium love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A micro-organism which has the power of producing butyric acid from a large number of substances, including lactic, citric, malic, and other acids, as well as of splitting up certain pectic compounds associated with the cell-walls of many tissues.

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