Enterococcus
See also: enterococcus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From English entero- (“of the intestines”) + -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut, bowel”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Proper noun edit
Enterococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum; Bacilli - class; Lactobacillales - order; Enterococcaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Enterococcus faecalis - type species; Enterococcus casseliflavus - selected other species
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Enterococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Enterococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Enterococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Enterococcus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Enterococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database