Medical Definition of Azotobacter
1. A genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria found in soil and water. Its organisms occur singly, in pairs or irregular clumps, and sometimes in chains of varying lengths. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Azotobacter
Literary usage of Azotobacter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"It was recognized early in the study of azotobacter that they are very resistant
... If all azotobacter are to be regarded as one species, my observation of ..."
2. Soil Biology; Laboratory Manual by Albert Lemuel Whiting (1917)
"ISOLATION OF azotobacter FROM SOIL. This practice is dependent upon practice 17.
When a good scum has formed ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the Study of by Harvey Washington Wiley (1906)
"A very large azotobacter was named by Lipman in honor ... The attempts which have
been made so far to utilize the azotobacter species for increasing the ..."
4. Bacteria in Relation to Country Life by Jacob Goodale Lipman (1908)
"The writer demonstrated that the increased power thus lent to the nitrogen- fixing
bacteria may be very considerable, and that the several azotobacter ..."
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