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Definition of Thiobacteriaceae
1. Noun. Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds.
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Family
Group relationships: Order Pseudomonadales, Pseudomonadales
Member holonyms: Genus Thiobacillus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thiobacteriaceae
Literary usage of Thiobacteriaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons and Laboratory Exercises in Bacteriology: An Outline of Technical by Allen John Smith (1902)
"... a class of pseudo- monads which contain sulphur granules, which in the above
table of classification are, however, placed among the thiobacteriaceae) ..."
2. Lessons and Laboratory Exercises in Bacteriology: An Outline of Technical by Allen John Smith (1902)
"... a class of pseudo- monads which contain sulphur granules, which in the above
table of classification are, however, placed among the thiobacteriaceae) ..."
3. 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. ..."