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    FAMILY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacterialesplay

    Synonyms:

    Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Enterobacteriaceae" is a kind of...):

    bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

    Meronyms (members of "family Enterobacteriaceae"):

    Aerobacter; genus Aerobacter (aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature)

    enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)

    genus Escherichia; genus Klebsiella; genus Salmonella (a genus of bacteria)

    genus Serratia; Serratia (a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod)

    genus Shigella; genus Erwinia (a genus of bacteria)

    Holonyms ("family Enterobacteriaceae" 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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