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GENUS SPIROCHAETA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spirochaeta mean?
• GENUS SPIROCHAETA (noun)
The noun GENUS SPIROCHAETA has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
Familiarity information: GENUS SPIROCHAETA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Spirochaeta; Spirochaeta
Hypernyms ("genus Spirochaeta" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Holonyms ("genus Spirochaeta" is a member of...):
family Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetaceae (large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters)
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