| has gloss | (noun) a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
eubacterium, true bacteria, eubacteria |
| lexicalization | eng: eubacteria |
| lexicalization | eng: eubacterium |
| lexicalization | eng: true bacteria |
| subclass of | (noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
moneron, moneran |
| subclass of | (noun) (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
bacterium, bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
bacillus, B |
| has subclass | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
coccus, cocci |
| has subclass | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus
coccobacillus |
| has subclass | (noun) any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
spirilla, spirillum |
| has subclass | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
clostridia, clostridium |
| has subclass | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
botulinus, botulinum, Clostridium botulinum |
| has subclass | (noun) anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
clostridium perfringens |
| has subclass | (noun) predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
blue-green algae, cyanobacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
phototropic bacteria, phototrophic bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
pseudomonad |
| has subclass | (noun) bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants
xanthomonad |
| has subclass | (noun) soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
thiobacillus |
| has subclass | (noun) spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
spirillum |
| has subclass | (noun) curved rodlike motile bacterium
vibrio, vibrion |
| has subclass | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium
corynebacterium |
| has subclass | (noun) any species of the genus Listeria
listeria |
| has subclass | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
enterics, enterobacteria, entric, enteric bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) a group of true bacteria
endospore-forming bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
rickettsia |
| has subclass | (noun) coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
chlamydia |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
mycoplasma |
| has subclass | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
actinomycete |
| has subclass | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
actinomyces |
| has subclass | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
mycobacteria, mycobacterium |
| has subclass | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
myxobacter, gliding bacteria, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
| has subclass | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)
lactobacillus |
| has subclass | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
streptococcus, strep, streptococci |
| has subclass | (noun) parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
spirochaete, spirochete |