pseudomonadales
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1. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pseudomonodaceae, pseudomonodaceae, |
| definition | : | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | athiorhodaceae, family athiorhodaceae, |
| definition | : | small motile sulphur bacteria (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family nitrobacteriaceae, nitrobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family thiobacteriaceae, thiobacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family spirillaceae, spirillaceae, |
| definition | : | rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria (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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