family bacteroidaceae
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1. family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes (noun.animal)
member holonym | : | 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) |
member meronym | : | eubacteriales, order eubacteriales, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
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