xanthomonad

English Thesaurus

1. bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus xanthomonas, xanthomonas,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water (noun.animal)