Akademik

Thiobacteriaceae

noun

free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds

• Syn: ↑family Thiobacteriaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Thiobacillus

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Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Thiobacterium, genus of sulfur bacteria in some classifications + -aceae

: a family of coccoid to rod-shaped free-living bacteria (order Pseudomonadales) that oxidize sulfur compounds as a source of energy usually with the deposit of free sulfur and may or may not require an organic source of carbon — see thiobacillus; compare nitrobacteriaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.