Amylobacter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amylobacter \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.
     [1913 Webster]