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propionibacterium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
pro-pi-oni-bac-teri-um
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese

Inflected Forms

propionibacteria (plural)

Derived Forms

propionibacterial

Questions

What does propionibacterium mean?
Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese

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