English > bacteria family: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A family of bacteria. |
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| Member of | division Eubacteria | one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella |
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| Narrower | Actinomycetaceae, family Actinomycetaceae | filamentous anaerobic bacteria |
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| Athiorhodaceae, family Athiorhodaceae | small motile sulphur bacteria |
| Bacillaceae, family Bacillaceae | typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores |
| Bacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceae | family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals |
| Chlamydiaceae, family Chlamydiaceae | Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates |
| Corynebacteriaceae, family Corynebacteriaceae | A large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales |
| Enterobacteriaceae, family Enterobacteriaceae | A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales |
| Lactobacillaceae, family Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae | lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens |
| Micrococcaceae, family Micrococcaceae | Spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment |
| Mycobacteriaceae, family Mycobacteriaceae | A family of bacteria |
| Mycoplasmataceae, family Mycoplasmataceae | pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria |
| Myxophyceae, family Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae, family Schizophyceae | former terms for Cyanophyceae |
| Nostocaceae, family Nostocaceae | blue-green algae |
| Oscillatoriaceae, family Oscillatoriaceae | blue green algae |
| Polyangiaceae, family Polyangiaceae, Myxobacteriaceae, family Myxobacteriaceae | bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung |
| Pseudomonodaceae, family Pseudomonodaceae | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria |
| Rhizobiaceae, family Rhizobiaceae | A small family of rod-shaped bacteria |
| Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates |
| Spirillaceae, family Spirillaceae | rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria |
| Spirochaetaceae, family Spirochaetaceae | large coarsely spiral bacteria |
| Streptomycetaceae, family Streptomycetaceae | Higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes |
| Thiobacteriaceae, family Thiobacteriaceae | Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds |
| Treponemataceae, family Treponemataceae | small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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| Spanish | bacterias, familia de bacterias |
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| Catalan | bactèries |
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