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MYCOBACTERIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of bacteria

Synonyms:

family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Mycobacteriaceae"):

genus Mycobacterium (nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria)

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

Actinomycetales; order Actinomycetales (filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria)

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