Chondrococcus

noun

Chon·​dro·​coc·​cus

: a genus of chiefly soil-inhabiting and dung-inhabiting myxobacteria including one (C. columnaris) causing columnaris disease of trout and salmon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chondr- + -coccus

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