polyangiaceae

English Thesaurus

1. bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria family,
definition	:	a family of bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus polyangium, polyangium,
definition	:	type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	myxobacterales, myxobacteriales, order myxobacterales, order myxobacteria, order myxobacteriales,
definition	:	an order of higher bacteria (noun.animal)