MYXOBACTERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myxobacteriaceae mean? 

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

1. bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYXOBACTERIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Myxobacteriaceae"):

genus Polyangium; Polyangium (type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane)

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

Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)