Bacterium
bacillaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods; Bacillales
Definitions related to bacillaceae:
  • A family of bacteria which produce endospores. They are mostly saprophytes from soil, but a few are insect or animal parasites or pathogens.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Firmicutes that contains the notable genus Bacillus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Family of bacteria which produce endospores; they are mostly saprophytes from soil, but a few are insect or animal parasites or pathogens.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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