||Pho`to*bac*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See
Photo-, and Bacterium.] (Bacteriol.) A genus
including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria which emit bluish or
greenish phosphorescence. Also, any microörganism of this
group.
||Pho`to*bac*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See
Photo-, and Bacterium.] (Bacteriol.) A genus
including certain comma-shaped marine bacteria which emit bluish or
greenish phosphorescence. Also, any microörganism of this
group.