acetogen
/əˈsiːtədʒ(ə)n/Microbiology
noun
Any anaerobic autotrophic bacterium that produces acetates by metabolism of simple carbon compounds.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From aceto- + -gen, after acetogenic.
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