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microphyte|ˈmaɪkrəʊfaɪt|
[mod.f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + ϕυτόν plant. Cf. F. microphyte.]
A microscopic plant, esp. a bacterium. Hence microˈphytal, microˈphytic adjs., pertaining to microphytes.
1863Slack in Intell. Observ. Dec. 379 In the fermentation of wheat flour he [Lémaire] observed in the course of fifteen days, bacterium, vibrio, spirillum, amœba, monas, and paramecium, after which came what he calls microphytes. 1867Murchison Siluria App. O. (ed. 4) 546 The microphytes above mentioned. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xx. 440 The innumerable organisms in microphytal and microzoal deposits. 1881J. Simon in Nature No. 616. 373 The microphytic origin of an important cancroid disease of horned cattle. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 210 After the rise of modern bacteriology the first attempts made were to cultivate a specific microphyte from such tumours. |