bacteria genus
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1. a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | genus heliobacter, heliobacter, |
| definition | : | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella; found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus rhizobium, rhizobium, |
| definition | : | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus bacillus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus clostridium, |
| definition | : | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus nostoc, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus xanthomonas, xanthomonas, |
| definition | : | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus vibrio, |
| definition | : | a genus of bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bacteroides, genus bacteroides, |
| definition | : | type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus corynebacterium, |
| definition | : | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus listeria, |
| definition | : | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus serratia, serratia, |
| definition | : | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus erwinia, |
| definition | : | a genus of bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus rickettsia, |
| definition | : | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus chlamydia, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus mycoplasma, |
| definition | : | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus actinomyces, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus streptomyces, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus polyangium, polyangium, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus lactobacillus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus spirochaeta, spirochaeta, |
| definition | : | the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus treponema, |
| definition | : | type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus borrelia, |
| definition | : | small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | genus leptospira, |
| definition | : | very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | division eubacteria, |
| definition | : | one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella (noun.animal) |
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