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FAMILY LACTOBACTERIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Lactobacteriaceae mean?
• FAMILY LACTOBACTERIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY LACTOBACTERIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid
Familiarity information: FAMILY LACTOBACTERIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY LACTOBACTERIACEAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Lactobacillaceae; family Lactobacteriaceae; Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacteriaceae
Hypernyms ("family Lactobacteriaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "family Lactobacteriaceae"):
genus Lactobacillus (type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae)
genus Diplococcus; genus Streptococcus (a genus of bacteria)
Holonyms ("family Lactobacteriaceae" is a member of...):
kingdom Monera; kingdom Prokaryotae; Monera; Prokayotae (prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions)
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