CORYNEBACTERIUM

corynebacterium

(noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

corynebacterium (plural corynebacteria)

Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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