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PSEUDOMONADALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments

Synonyms:

order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pseudomonadales" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pseudomonadales"):

family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)

Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae (small motile sulphur bacteria)

family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae (usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria)

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

family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)

Holonyms ("Pseudomonadales" is a member of...):

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

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