noun
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
• Syn: ↑order Pseudomonadales
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria
• Member Meronyms:
↑Pseudomonodaceae, ↑family Pseudomonodaceae, ↑Athiorhodaceae, ↑family Athiorhodaceae, ↑Nitrobacteriaceae, ↑family Nitrobacteriaceae, ↑Thiobacteriaceae, ↑family Thiobacteriaceae, ↑Spirillaceae, ↑family Spirillaceae
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\\süˌdämənəˈdā(ˌ)lēz, ˌsüdəmänəˈd-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large order of spherical, rod-shaped or spiral eubacteria which are usually motile by polar flagella and some of which contain photosynthetic pigments — compare athiorhodaceae, caulobacteraceae, nitrobacteriaceae, pseudomonadaceae, spirillaceae, thiorhodaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.