bacteria family
Noun
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A family of bacteria (synset 101354700)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- family rhizobiaceae, rhizobiaceae - a small family of rod-shaped bacteria
- bacillaceae, family bacillaceae - typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
- family myxophyceae, family schizophyceae, myxophyceae, schizophyceae - former terms for Cyanophyceae
- family nostocaceae, nostocaceae - blue-green algae
- family oscillatoriaceae, oscillatoriaceae - blue green algae
- family pseudomonodaceae, pseudomonodaceae - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens
- athiorhodaceae, family athiorhodaceae - small motile sulphur bacteria
- 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
- bacteroidaceae, family bacteroidaceae - family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
- corynebacteriaceae, family corynebacteriaceae - a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
- enterobacteriaceae, family enterobacteriaceae - a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
- family rickettsiaceae, rickettsiaceae - microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
- chlamydiaceae, family chlamydiaceae - Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates
- family mycoplasmataceae, mycoplasmataceae - pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals
- actinomycetaceae, family actinomycetaceae - filamentous anaerobic bacteria
- family streptomycetaceae, streptomycetaceae - higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes
- family mycobacteriaceae, mycobacteriaceae - a family of bacteria
- family myxobacteriaceae, family polyangiaceae, myxobacteriaceae, polyangiaceae - bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
- family micrococcaceae, micrococcaceae - 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
- family lactobacillaceae, family lactobacteriaceae, lactobacillaceae, lactobacteriaceae - lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid
- family spirochaetaceae, spirochaetaceae - large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
- family treponemataceae, treponemataceae - small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
belongs to: division eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
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