Streptobracterium

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

  Streptobacteria \Strep`to*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing.
     {Streptobracterium}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pliant, bent + E. & NL.
     bacteria.] (Biol.)
     A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of
     several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.
     [1913 Webster]