family bacteroidaceae

1. 1.

   family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes

   SynonymsBacteroidaceae

   Broaderbacteria family

   Part ofEubacteriales

Questions about family bacteroidaceae

What does family bacteroidaceae mean?

family bacteroidaceae means "family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes".

What is another word for family bacteroidaceae?

Close synonyms include Bacteroidaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family bacteroidaceae a common word?

family bacteroidaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.