ORDER ACTINOMYCETALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Actinomycetales mean? 

• ORDER ACTINOMYCETALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER ACTINOMYCETALES has 1 sense:

1. filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria

  Familiarity information: ORDER ACTINOMYCETALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER ACTINOMYCETALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actinomycetales; order Actinomycetales

Hypernyms ("order Actinomycetales" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Actinomycetales"):

actinomycete (any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales)

Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae (filamentous anaerobic bacteria)

family Streptomycetaceae; Streptomycetaceae (higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes)

family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)

Holonyms ("order Actinomycetales" is a member of...):

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)