Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Streptobacteria \Strep`to*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing.
   {Streptobracterium}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pliant, bent + E. & NL.
   bacteria.] (Biol.)
   A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of
   several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.