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Noun: sulphur bacteria
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sulfur bacteria)
  1. 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