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GENUS STREPTOMYCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Streptomyces" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Streptomyces"):
streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))
Holonyms ("genus Streptomyces" is a member of...):
family Streptomycetaceae; Streptomycetaceae (higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes)
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