English Explanatory Dictionary

nylon-eating bacterium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the strain Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72 of bacteria that can digest certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture using the enzyme nylonase.

Word forms

nylon-eating bacterium nylon-eating bacteria
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