Definition of Family thiobacteriaceae

1. Noun. Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds.

Exact synonyms: Thiobacteriaceae
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Family
Group relationships: Order Pseudomonadales, Pseudomonadales
Member holonyms: Genus Thiobacillus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Thiobacteriaceae

family Teredinidae
family Termitidae
family Testudinidae
family Tethyidae
family Tetragoniaceae
family Tetranychidae
family Tetraodontidae
family Tetraonidae
family Tettigoniidae
family Theaceae
family Thelephoraceae
family Thelypteridaceae
family Theophrastaceae
family Theraphosidae
family Theridiidae
family Thiobacteriaceae
family Thraupidae
family Threskiornithidae
family Thripidae
family Thymelaeaceae
family Tiliaceae
family Tilletiaceae
family Timaliidae
family Tinamidae
family Tineidae
family Tingidae
family Tipulidae
family Titanosauridae
family Todidae
family Torpedinidae

Literary usage of Family thiobacteriaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Generic Names of Bacteria by Ella Morgan (Austin) Enlows (1920)
"Centralbl. f. Bakt., Abt. 2, v. 22, 1909, p. 330. Belonging to the family Thiobacteriaceae, colorless sulfur bacteria. ..."

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