has gloss | (noun) a family of bacteria bacteria family |
lexicalization | eng: bacteria family |
subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" family |
has subclass | (noun) a small family of rod-shaped bacteria Rhizobiaceae, family Rhizobiaceae |
has subclass | (noun) typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores Bacillaceae, family Bacillaceae |
has subclass | (noun) former terms for Cyanophyceae Myxophyceae, family Schizophyceae, family Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae |
has subclass | (noun) blue-green algae Nostocaceae, family Nostocaceae |
has subclass | (noun) blue green algae Oscillatoriaceae, family Oscillatoriaceae |
has subclass | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens Pseudomonodaceae, family Pseudomonodaceae |
has subclass | (noun) small motile sulphur bacteria family Athiorhodaceae, Athiorhodaceae |
has subclass | (noun) free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds family Thiobacteriaceae, Thiobacteriaceae |
has subclass | (noun) rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria family Spirillaceae, Spirillaceae |
has subclass | (noun) family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes Bacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceae |
has subclass | (noun) a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales Corynebacteriaceae, family Corynebacteriaceae |
has subclass | (noun) a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales family Enterobacteriaceae, Enterobacteriaceae |
has subclass | (noun) microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates family Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceae |
has subclass | (noun) Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates Chlamydiaceae, family Chlamydiaceae |
has subclass | (noun) pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals family Mycoplasmataceae, Mycoplasmataceae |
has subclass | (noun) filamentous anaerobic bacteria Actinomycetaceae, family Actinomycetaceae |
has subclass | (noun) higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes family Streptomycetaceae, Streptomycetaceae |
has subclass | (noun) a family of bacteria family Mycobacteriaceae, Mycobacteriaceae |
has subclass | (noun) bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung family Myxobacteriaceae, family Polyangiaceae, Myxobacteriaceae, Polyangiaceae |
has subclass | (noun) 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 Micrococcaceae, Micrococcaceae |
has subclass | (noun) lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid Lactobacteriaceae, Lactobacillaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae, family Lactobacillaceae |
has subclass | (noun) large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters family Spirochaetaceae, Spirochaetaceae |
has subclass | (noun) small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic Treponemataceae, family Treponemataceae |