GENUS STREPTOMYCES

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Streptomyces" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Streptomyces"):

streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))

Holonyms ("genus Streptomyces" is a member of...):

family Streptomycetaceae; Streptomycetaceae (higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes)

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