FAMILY MYXOBACTERIACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung

Synonyms:

family Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Myxobacteriaceae"):

genus Polyangium; Polyangium (type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane)

Holonyms ("family Myxobacteriaceae" is a member of...):

Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)