FAMILY ATHIORHODACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Athiorhodaceae mean? 

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

1. small motile sulphur bacteria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ATHIORHODACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small motile sulphur bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

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

order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales (one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments)