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FAMILY BACILLACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
Synonyms:
Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Bacillaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)
