ACTINOMYCETALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinomycetales mean? 

• ACTINOMYCETALES (noun)
  The noun ACTINOMYCETALES has 1 sense:

1. filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria

  Familiarity information: ACTINOMYCETALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINOMYCETALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actinomycetales; order Actinomycetales

Hypernyms ("Actinomycetales" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Actinomycetales"):

actinomycete (any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales)

Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae (filamentous anaerobic bacteria)

family Streptomycetaceae; Streptomycetaceae (higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes)

family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)

Holonyms ("Actinomycetales" is a member of...):

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)

 Context examples 

An infectious process caused by actinomycetales which is an order of Actinobacteria.

(Actinomycetales Infection, NCI Thesaurus)