ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES
Dictionary entry overview: What does order Pseudomonadales mean?
• ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES (noun)
The noun ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES has 1 sense:
1. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
Familiarity information: ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDER PSEUDOMONADALES (noun)
Meaning:
One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales
Hypernyms ("order Pseudomonadales" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Pseudomonadales"):
family Pseudomonodaceae; Pseudomonodaceae (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens)
Athiorhodaceae; family Athiorhodaceae (small motile sulphur bacteria)
family Nitrobacteriaceae; Nitrobacteriaceae (usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria)
family Thiobacteriaceae; Thiobacteriaceae (free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds)
family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)
Holonyms ("order Pseudomonadales" is a member of...):
division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)
