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SPIRILLACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria
Synonyms:
family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Spirillaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "Spirillaceae"):
genus Spirillum; genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)
Holonyms ("Spirillaceae" 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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