bacteroidaceae

Noun
  1. Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals;
    Sometimes associated with acute infective processes (synset 101367228)
    is a type of: bacteria family - a family of bacteria
    member holonym: 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
    belongs to: eubacteriales, order eubacteriales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
    same as: family bacteroidaceae

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