ˈkȯlōˌbaktə(r) noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from caul- + -bacter
: a genus (the type of the family Caulobacteraceae) of gram-negative aquatic bacteria that are motile by polar flagella when young but later fixed to the substrate by a stalk and that multiply by transverse binary fission
• cau·lo·bac·te·ri·um | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈtirēəm noun