BACTERIA FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteria family mean? 

• BACTERIA FAMILY (noun)
  The noun BACTERIA FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of bacteria

  Familiarity information: BACTERIA FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERIA FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bacteria family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bacteria family"):

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

family Treponemataceae; Treponemataceae (small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic)

family Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetaceae (large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters)

family Lactobacillaceae; family Lactobacteriaceae; Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacteriaceae (lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid)

family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae (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 Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae (bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung)

family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)

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

Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae (filamentous anaerobic bacteria)

family Mycoplasmataceae; Mycoplasmataceae (pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals)

Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae (Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates)

family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae (microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates)

family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae (a small family of rod-shaped bacteria)

Corynebacteriaceae; family Corynebacteriaceae (a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)

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

family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)

family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae (free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds)

Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae (small motile sulphur bacteria)

family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)

family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae (blue green algae)

family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae (blue-green algae)

family Myxophyceae; family Schizophyceae; Myxophyceae; Schizophyceae (former terms for Cyanophyceae)

Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae (typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores)

Holonyms ("bacteria family" is a member of...):

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