bacillus amylobacter

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Amylobacter \Am`y*lo*bac"ter\, n. [L. amylum starch + NL.
   bacterium. See {Bacterium}.] (Biol.)
   A micro["o]rganism ({Bacillus amylobacter}) which develops in
   vegetable tissue during putrefaction. --Sternberg.
   [1913 Webster]