CORYNEBACTERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corynebacteriaceae mean? 

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

1. a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORYNEBACTERIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

A large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corynebacteriaceae; family Corynebacteriaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Corynebacteriaceae"):

genus Corynebacterium (the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals)

genus Listeria (a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods)

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

Eubacteriales; order Eubacteriales (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)