Microbacteria

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.

2. Spherobacteria, or spherical bacteria, as the genus Micrococcus.

3. Microbacteria, or bacteria in the form of short rods, including the genus Bacterium. 3. Desmobacteria, or bacteria in straight filaments, of which the genus Bacillus is a type. 4. Spirobacteria, or bacteria in spiral filaments, as the genus Vibrio.