GENUS THIOBACILLUS

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Meaning:

A genus of bacteria

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Thiobacillus" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Thiobacillus"):

thiobacillus (small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur)

Holonyms ("genus Thiobacillus" is a member of...):

family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae (free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds)

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