bacteria family

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bacteria family - a family of bacteria                 family Rhizobiaceae, Rhizobiaceae - a small family of rod-shaped bacteria division Eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella Bacillaceae, family Bacillaceae - typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores family Myxophyceae, family Schizophyceae, Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae - former terms for Cyanophyceae family Nostocaceae, Nostocaceae - blue-green algae family Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriaceae - blue green algae family Pseudomonodaceae, Pseudomonodaceae - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens Athiorhodaceae, family Athiorhodaceae - small motile sulphur bacteria 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 Bacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceae - family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes Corynebacteriaceae, family Corynebacteriaceae - a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales Enterobacteriaceae, family Enterobacteriaceae - a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales family Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceae - microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates Chlamydiaceae, family Chlamydiaceae - Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates family Mycoplasmataceae, Mycoplasmataceae - pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals Actinomycetaceae, family Actinomycetaceae - filamentous anaerobic bacteria family Streptomycetaceae, Streptomycetaceae - higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes family Mycobacteriaceae, Mycobacteriaceae - a family of bacteria family Myxobacteriaceae, family Polyangiaceae, Myxobacteriaceae, Polyangiaceae - bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung family Micrococcaceae, Micrococcaceae - spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes family Lactobacillaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae, Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae - lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid family Spirochaetaceae, Spirochaetaceae - large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters family Treponemataceae, Treponemataceae - small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"