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FAMILY BACTEROIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
Synonyms:
Bacteroidaceae; family Bacteroidaceae
Classified under:
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)
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