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BACTERIA FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of bacteria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bacteria family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bacteria family"):
family Treponemataceae; Treponemataceae (small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic)
family Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetaceae (large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters)
family Lactobacillaceae; family Lactobacteriaceae; Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacteriaceae (lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid)
family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae (spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes)
family Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae (bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung)
family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)
family Streptomycetaceae; Streptomycetaceae (higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes)
Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae (filamentous anaerobic bacteria)
family Mycoplasmataceae; Mycoplasmataceae (pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals)
Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae (Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates)
family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae (microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates)
Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)
Corynebacteriaceae; family Corynebacteriaceae (a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)
Bacteroidaceae; family Bacteroidaceae (family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes)
family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)
family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae (free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds)
Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae (small motile sulphur bacteria)
family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)
family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae (blue green algae)
family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae (blue-green algae)
family Myxophyceae; family Schizophyceae; Myxophyceae; Schizophyceae (former terms for Cyanophyceae)
Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae (typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores)
family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae (a small family of rod-shaped bacteria)
Holonyms ("bacteria family" is a member of...):
division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)
