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ACTINOMYCETACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinomycetaceae mean?
• ACTINOMYCETACEAE (noun)
The noun ACTINOMYCETACEAE has 1 sense:
1. filamentous anaerobic bacteria
Familiarity information: ACTINOMYCETACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filamentous anaerobic bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae
Hypernyms ("Actinomycetaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "Actinomycetaceae"):
genus Actinomyces (type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae)
Holonyms ("Actinomycetaceae" is a member of...):
Actinomycetales; order Actinomycetales (filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria)
Context examples
A genus of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Actinomycetaceae.
(Mobiluncus, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Actinomycetaceae.
(Arcanobacterium, NCI Thesaurus)
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