Noun: sulphur bacteria
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sulfur bacteria)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sulfur bacteria)
- Any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
"sulphur bacteria are important in the sulphur cycle"; "sulphur bacteria are important in the sulphur cycle";
- thiobacteria, sulfur bacteria [N. Amer]
Type of: thiobacillus
Encyclopedia: Sulphur bacteria