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    BACILLACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endosporesplay

    Synonyms:

    Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

    Meronyms (members of "Bacillaceae"):

    genus Bacillus (type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites)

    genus Clostridium (anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung)

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

    Eubacteriales; order Eubacteriales (one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes)

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