Rhodomicrobium

noun

Rho·​do·​microbium

¦rō(ˌ)dō+

: a genus of reddish nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (family Hyphomicrobiaceae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from rhod- + microbium

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