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Bacillus amylobacter

Amylobacter \Am`y*lo*bac"ter\, n. [L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See Bacterium.] (Biol.) A micro["o]rganism ( Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
--Sternberg.