Firmicute

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.

    "In contrast, all the interactions in this motif are conserved in several distantly related genomes such as the beta-proteobacterium B. pertussis and the firmicute D. hafniense (fig. 2b)."

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"In contrast, all the interactions in this motif are conserved in several distantly related genomes such as the beta-proteobacterium B. pertussis and the firmicute D. hafniense (fig. 2b)."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Firmicutes.

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