Relating to or belonging to the bacterial family Bacteriaceae, or describing something of bacterial nature.
From Bacteriaceae + -ous suffix, forming adjectives meaning 'of the nature of' or 'belonging to.' Combines Latin and Greek morphology common in scientific terminology.
Scientific adjectives like this pack so much information into one word—'bacteriaceous' tells specialists exactly which family of bacteria you're talking about, a precision that's impossible in everyday language.
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