Associations to the word «Xanthomonas»

Wiktionary

XANTHOMONAS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthomonadaceae   — proteobacteria, many of which cause plant diseases.

Dictionary definition

XANTHOMONAS, noun. A genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope