Wolbachia

Translingual

Etymology

From the family name Wolbach, via Simeon Burt Wolbach, who co-discovered the bacterium in 1924, +‎ -ia

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Wolbachia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae – inherited bacterium which infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of all insects.