AEROBACTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aerobacter mean? 

• AEROBACTER (noun)
  The noun AEROBACTER has 1 sense:

1. aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature

  Familiarity information: AEROBACTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEROBACTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aerobacter; genus Aerobacter

Hypernyms ("Aerobacter" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Aerobacter"):

Aerobacter aerogenes (a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk)

Holonyms ("Aerobacter" is a member of...):

Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)