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BACTERIA SPECIES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A species of bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bacteria species" is a kind of...):

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bacteria species"):

H. pylori; Heliobacter pylori (the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers))

Pseudomonas pyocanea (a species of aerobic bacteria)

Aerobacter aerogenes (a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk)

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants)

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale)

Francisella tularensis (the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)

Serratia marcescens (the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon)

Streptococcus anhemolyticus (a species of bacteria)

Holonyms ("bacteria species" is a member of...):

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)

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