Hyphomicrobiales

plural noun

Hy·​pho·​mi·​cro·​bi·​a·​les

-ā(ˌ)lēz

: a small order of solitary or colonial chiefly free-living and aquatic sometimes stalked bacteria that reproduce by budding or by budding and longitudinal fission

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Hyphomicrobium + -ales

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