Acinetobacter
See also: acinetobacter
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκίνητος (akínētos, “unmoved, motionless”) + βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).
Proper noun edit
Acinetobacter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacteria which are commonly present in soil, water, and sewage, and occasionally cause disease in humans, especially in hospitals.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Moraxellaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Acinetobacter calcoaceticus - type species; Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter lwoffii, Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Acinetobacter radioresistans - selected other species
Descendants edit
- → English: acinetobacter
References edit
Acinetobacter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acinetobacter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Acinetobacter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Acinetobacter in the Genome Taxonomy Database
