bacteria family
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1. a family of bacteria (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family rhizobiaceae, rhizobiaceae, |
| definition | : | a small family of rod-shaped bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bacillaceae, family bacillaceae, |
| definition | : | typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myxophyceae, family schizophyceae, myxophyceae, schizophyceae, |
| definition | : | former terms for Cyanophyceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nostocaceae, nostocaceae, |
| definition | : | blue-green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family oscillatoriaceae, oscillatoriaceae, |
| definition | : | blue green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pseudomonodaceae, pseudomonodaceae, |
| definition | : | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | athiorhodaceae, family athiorhodaceae, |
| definition | : | small motile sulphur bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family thiobacteriaceae, thiobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family spirillaceae, spirillaceae, |
| definition | : | rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bacteroidaceae, family bacteroidaceae, |
| definition | : | family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | corynebacteriaceae, family corynebacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | enterobacteriaceae, family enterobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rickettsiaceae, rickettsiaceae, |
| definition | : | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlamydiaceae, family chlamydiaceae, |
| definition | : | Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mycoplasmataceae, mycoplasmataceae, |
| definition | : | pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | actinomycetaceae, family actinomycetaceae, |
| definition | : | filamentous anaerobic bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family streptomycetaceae, streptomycetaceae, |
| definition | : | higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mycobacteriaceae, mycobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myxobacteriaceae, family polyangiaceae, myxobacteriaceae, polyangiaceae, |
| definition | : | bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family micrococcaceae, micrococcaceae, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lactobacillaceae, family lactobacteriaceae, lactobacillaceae, lactobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family spirochaetaceae, spirochaetaceae, |
| definition | : | large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family treponemataceae, treponemataceae, |
| definition | : | small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | division eubacteria, |
| definition | : | one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella (noun.animal) |
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