FAMILY THIOBACTERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Thiobacteriaceae mean? 

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

1. free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY THIOBACTERIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Thiobacteriaceae"):

genus Thiobacillus (a genus of bacteria)

Holonyms ("family Thiobacteriaceae" 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)