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Noun: Thiobacteriaceae
  1. Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulphur or sulphur compounds
    - family Thiobacteriaceae

Type of: bacteria family

Part of: order Pseudomonadales, Pseudomonadales

Nearest

thinner
thinness
thinning
thinning shears
thin-shelled
thin-shelled mussel
thin-skinned
thio-
thiobacillus
thiobacteria
Thiobacteriaceae
thiocyanate
thiocyanic acid
thiodiphenylamine
thioguanine
thiol
thiopental
thiopental sodium
thiopentobarbital sodium
thioridazine
thiosulfate