propionibacterium

See also: Propionibacterium

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propionibacterium (plural propionibacteria)

  1. Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese

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