Definition of Schizomycetes

1. Noun. A former classification.

Exact synonyms: Class Schizomycetes
Group relationships: Division Schizophyta, Schizophyta
Generic synonyms: Class

Definition of Schizomycetes

1. n. pl. An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.

Medical Definition of Schizomycetes

1. An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. To split +, -, a fungus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schizomycetes

schizognathism
schizognathous
schizogonic
schizogonies
schizogonous
schizogyria
schizoid
schizoid personality
schizoid personality disorder
schizoidism
schizoids
schizomid
schizomids
schizomycete
schizomycetes (current term)
schizomycetic
schizomycosis
schizonemertea
schizonticide
schizonts
schizonychia
schizopelmous
schizopeltid
schizopeltids
schizopetalon
schizophasia
schizophasias
schizophasic

Literary usage of Schizomycetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Prom that time to the present the discussion as to the limits of "species" among the schizomycetes has been maintained ; much extravagance has resulted, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"schizomycetes are ubiquitous as saprophytes in still ponds and ditches, in running streams and rivers, and in the sea, and especially in drains, bogs, ..."

3. The Microscopy of Drinking-water by George Chandler Whipple (1899)
"Besides the bacteria, which are not described in this work, there are but four genera belonging to the schizomycetes that are of interest to the ..."

4. Text-book of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy by Richard Thoma (1896)
"I. schizomycetes or Fission-Fungi A. General Morphology The ... Among the pathogenic schizomycetes the following varieties are distinguished :— 1. ..."

5. The Use of the Microscope in Clinical and Pathological Examinations by Carl Friedlaender (1885)
"—The staining of schizomycetes has borne an essential part in the important ... In order to show schizomycetes when they are not stained, we generally take ..."

6. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"... there are none of which the study is more practically important, than the group of schizomycetes; consisting of a series of very minute organisms, ..."

7. Fossil Plants: A Text-book for Students of Botany and Geology by Albert Charles Seward (1898)
"schizomycetes (Bacteria). It is impossible to draw a sharp line between the two ... A good account of the schizomycetes has lately been written by Migula in ..."

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