family micrococcaceae

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   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

   SynonymsMicrococcaceae

   Broaderbacteria family

   Part ofdivision Eubacteria

Questions about family micrococcaceae

What does family micrococcaceae mean?

family micrococcaceae means "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".

What is another word for family micrococcaceae?

Close synonyms include Micrococcaceae. 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 micrococcaceae a common word?

family micrococcaceae 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.