RHIZOBIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhizobiaceae mean? 

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

1. a small family of rod-shaped bacteria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHIZOBIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small family of rod-shaped bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Rhizobiaceae"):

genus Rhizobium; Rhizobium (the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen)

Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium (small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems)

Holonyms ("Rhizobiaceae" 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)