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Meaning of AMYLOBACTER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am`y*lo*bac"ter\, n. [L. amylum starch + NL.
bacterium. See {Bacterium}.] (Biol.)
A micro["o]rganism ({Bacillus amylobacter}) which develops in
vegetable tissue during putrefaction. --Sternberg.
 
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