agarolytic

agarolytic

English

Etymology

agar +‎ -o- +‎ -lytic

Adjective

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0136279:

     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.