agarolytic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

agar +‎ -o- +‎ -lytic

Adjective[edit]

agarolytic (comparative more agarolytic, superlative most agarolytic)

  1. destructive to agar
    • 2015 August 28, “Advanced Microbial Taxonomy Combined with Genome-Based-Approaches Reveals that Vibrio astriarenae sp. nov., an Agarolytic Marine Bacterium, Forms a New Clade in Vibrionaceae”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Here we performed advanced microbial taxonomies combined with both genome-based and classical approaches for new agarolytic vibrio isolates to describe not only a novel Vibrio species but also a member of a new Vibrio clade.