Serpens
See also: serpens
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Latin serpens (“snake, louse, creeping animal”), present participle of serpo (“I creep”)
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – a type of bacteria.
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- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family
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- (genus): Serpens flexibilis (syn. Pseudomonas flexibilis) - sole species
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- Pseudomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pseudomonadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pseudomonadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Serpens at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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From Latin serpēns (“a snake”). Doublet of serpent.
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Serpens
- (astronomy) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.
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large summer constellation of the northern sky
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