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]