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BACTEROIDACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bacteroidaceae mean? 

BACTEROIDACEAE (noun)
  The noun BACTEROIDACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BACTEROIDACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bacteroidaceae; family Bacteroidaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Bacteroidaceae"):

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)

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

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)


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