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ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Pseudomonadales mean? 

ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES has 1 sense:

1. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigmentsplay

  Familiarity information: ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales

Hypernyms ("order Pseudomonadales" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Pseudomonadales"):

family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)

Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae (small motile sulphur bacteria)

family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae (usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria)

family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae (free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds)

family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)

Holonyms ("order Pseudomonadales" is a member of...):

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)


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