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MICROCOCCACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes
Synonyms:
family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Micrococcaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "Micrococcaceae"):
genus Micrococcus; Micrococcus (type genus of the family Micrococcaceae)
genus Staphylococcus (includes many pathogenic species)
Holonyms ("Micrococcaceae" is a member of...):
division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)
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