family thiobacteriaceae

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsThiobacteriaceae

   Broaderbacteria family

   Part ofPseudomonadales

Questions about family thiobacteriaceae

What does family thiobacteriaceae mean?

family thiobacteriaceae means "free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds".

What is another word for family thiobacteriaceae?

Close synonyms include Thiobacteriaceae. 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 thiobacteriaceae a common word?

family thiobacteriaceae 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.