FAMILY BACTEROIDACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bacteroidaceae mean? 

• FAMILY BACTEROIDACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY 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 processes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY BACTEROIDACEAE (noun)

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)