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FAMILY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
Synonyms:
Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Enterobacteriaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family Enterobacteriaceae"):
Aerobacter; genus Aerobacter (aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature)
enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)
genus Escherichia; genus Klebsiella; genus Salmonella (a genus of bacteria)
genus Serratia; Serratia (a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod)
genus Shigella; genus Erwinia (a genus of bacteria)
Holonyms ("family Enterobacteriaceae" 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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