Definition of eubacteria Eubacteria

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Noun Plural: eubacterias
eubacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
		eubacterium, true bacteria
		bacteria, bacterium (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
		moneran, moneron organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
		division eubacteria one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
		bacillus, b aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
		cocci, coccus any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
		coccobacillus a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus
		spirilla, spirillum any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
		clostridia, clostridium spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
		botulinum, botulinus, clostridium botulinum anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
		clostridium perfringens anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
		blue-green algae, cyanobacteria predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
		phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
		pseudomonad bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
		xanthomonad bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants
		nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
		nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
		thiobacillus small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
		spirillum any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
		vibrio, vibrion curved rodlike motile bacterium
		corynebacterium any species of the genus Corynebacterium
		listeria any species of the genus Listeria
		enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
		endospore-forming bacteria a group of true bacteria
		rickettsia any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
		chlamydia coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
		mycoplasma any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
		actinomycete any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
		actinomyces soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
		mycobacteria, mycobacterium rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
		gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
		lactobacillus a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)
		strep, streptococci, streptococcus spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
		spirochaete, spirochete parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals