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FAMILY NITROBACTERIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
Synonyms:
family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Nitrobacteriaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family Nitrobacteriaceae"):
genus Nitrobacter; Nitrobacter (rod-shaped soil bacteria)
genus Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas (ellipsoidal soil bacteria)
Holonyms ("family Nitrobacteriaceae" 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)
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