ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Enterobacteriaceae mean? 

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

1. a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTEROBACTERIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Enterobacteriaceae"):

Aerobacter; genus Aerobacter (aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature)

enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)

genus Escherichia; genus Klebsiella; genus Salmonella (a genus of bacteria)

genus Serratia; Serratia (a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod)

genus Shigella; genus Erwinia (a genus of bacteria)

Holonyms ("Enterobacteriaceae" 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)

 Context examples 

A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Ewingella, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Fusobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Kluyvera, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Fusobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae .

(Leclercia, NCI Thesaurus)

In laboratory tests, the researchers found that the clay has antibacterial effects against bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, including strains such as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

(Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds, National Science Foundation)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Edwardsiella, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Cronobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Budvicia, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Buttiauxella, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of oxidase-negative Gram-negative bacillus bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family with anaerobic respiration.

(Morganella morganii, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic ,Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Moellerella, NCI Thesaurus)