EUBACTERIALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eubacteriales mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUBACTERIALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eubacteriales; order Eubacteriales

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Eubacteriales"):

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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