EUBACTERIUM

eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria

(noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

eubacterium (plural eubacteria)

(microbiology) Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

21 June 2025

SUFFOCATION

(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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