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AEROBACTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature

Synonyms:

Aerobacter; genus Aerobacter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aerobacter" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Aerobacter"):

Aerobacter aerogenes (a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk)

Holonyms ("Aerobacter" is a member of...):

Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)

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