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    SUBSPECIES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a speciesplay

    Synonyms:

    race; subspecies

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("subspecies" is a kind of...):

    taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

    Domain category:

    biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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     Context examples: 

    This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase, urease, indole and esculin negative, does not reduce nitrate, is non-fermenting, non-acid fast, and does not produce hydrogen sulfide; some subspecies are lipophilic and others non-lipophilic.

    (Corynebacterium afermentans, NCI Thesaurus)

    At 6 weeks after birth, in breastfed babies, Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis was by far the most abundant bacterium overall as well as being the most abundant member of the Bifidobacterium genus, followed distantly by Bifidobacterium breve and Bifidobacterium biifdum.

    (Gut Bacteria from Breastfeeding Linked to Improved Infant Response to Vaccines, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

    This subspecies is motile by multiple subterminal flagella, esterase lipase positive, reduces nitrate and fermentation of glycogen in the presence of serum produces pyruvate.

    (Mobiluncus curtisii subsp holmesii, NCI Thesaurus)

    This subspecies is non-spore forming, lipase and catalase negative, indole positive, does not hydrolyze esculin or starch, does not reduce nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and does not produce acid from carbohydrates.

    (Fusobacterium necrophorum subspecies funduliforme, NCI Thesaurus)

    The cheetah subspecies went extinct in India more than fifty years ago.

    (Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

    Most of the remaining cheetahs live in most of Africa, more than half in southern Africa, while a subspecies is found in Asia, including a small part of Iran, though these are seem much more rarely.

    (Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)


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