Desmobacteria

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “bond”) + English bacteria. Introduced by Ferdinand Cohn.

Noun

Desmobacteria

1. (zoology, obsolete) The longer filamentous rods within the Monera (the shorter ones being called Microbacteria).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Desmobacteria”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)