bacteria genus
Noun
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A genus of bacteria (synset 101355215)
is a type of: genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more speciessubtypes:
- genus heliobacter, heliobacter - a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella; found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans)
- aerobacter, genus aerobacter - aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature
- genus rhizobium, rhizobium - the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen
- agrobacterium, genus agrobacterium - small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
- genus bacillus - type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites
- genus clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung
- genus nostoc - type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae
- genus trichodesmium - a genus of blue-green algae
- genus pseudomonas, pseudomonas - type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae
- genus xanthomonas, xanthomonas - a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water
- family nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae - usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
- genus nitrobacter, nitrobacter - rod-shaped soil bacteria
- genus nitrosomonas, nitrosomonas - ellipsoidal soil bacteria
- genus thiobacillus - a genus of bacteria
- genus spirillum - a genus of bacteria
- genus vibrio - a genus of bacteria
- bacteroides, genus bacteroides - type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
- genus corynebacterium - the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals
- genus listeria - a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods
- genus escherichia - a genus of bacteria
- genus klebsiella - a genus of bacteria
- genus salmonella - a genus of bacteria
- genus serratia, serratia - a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod
- genus shigella - a genus of bacteria
- genus erwinia - a genus of bacteria
- genus rickettsia - can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
- genus chlamydia - type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites
- genus mycoplasma - type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae
- genus actinomyces - type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae
- genus streptomyces - type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae
- genus mycobacterium - nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria
- genus polyangium, polyangium - type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane
- genus micrococcus, micrococcus - type genus of the family Micrococcaceae
- genus staphylococcus - includes many pathogenic species
- genus lactobacillus - type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae
- genus diplococcus - a genus of bacteria
- genus streptococcus - a genus of bacteria
- genus spirochaeta, spirochaeta - the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
- genus treponema - type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals
- genus borrelia - small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
- genus leptospira - very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals
belongs to: division eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
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