MICROCOCCACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Micrococcaceae mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROCOCCACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Micrococcaceae"):

genus Micrococcus; Micrococcus (type genus of the family Micrococcaceae)

genus Staphylococcus (includes many pathogenic species)

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

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

 Context examples 

A genus of Gram positive, cocci shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Micrococcaceae.

(Kocuria, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of obligately aerobic, Gram positive, coccobacilli shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Micrococcaceae.

(Arthrobacter, NCI Thesaurus)