Azotobacter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various rod-shaped, nonpathogenic, nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Azotobacter, found in soil and water.
  • Word Usage
    "We have spent all of 1992 studying (? asospirilum), because up to now, we have not found a kind of azotobacter that can help in fertilizing sugarcane."