Bacterium
acetobacteraceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; Rhodospirillales
Definitions related to acetobacteraceae:
  • A family of gram-negative aerobic bacteria consisting of ellipsoidal to rod-shaped cells that occur singly, in pairs, or in chains.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that oxidize ethanol during aerobic fermentation to yield acetic acid.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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