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    FAMILY RHIZOBIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A small family of rod-shaped bacteriaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

    Meronyms (members of "family Rhizobiaceae"):

    genus Rhizobium; Rhizobium (the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen)

    Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium (small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems)

    Holonyms ("family Rhizobiaceae" 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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