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FAMILY RHIZOBIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small family of rod-shaped bacteria
Synonyms:
family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Rhizobiaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family Rhizobiaceae"):
genus Rhizobium; Rhizobium (the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen)
Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium (small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems)
Holonyms ("family Rhizobiaceae" 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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