Elizabethkingia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Elizabeth O. King +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Elizabethkingia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae – certain common bacteria, some species of which are pathogens resistant to treatment. [from 2005]

Hypernyms

• (species): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Bacteroidetes - phylum; Flavobacteria - class; Flavobacteriales - order; Flavobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Elizabethkingia meningoseptica - type species; Elizabethkingia anophelis, Elizabethkingia endophytica, Elizabethkingia miricola - other species

References

• Elizabethkingia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Flavobacteriaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Flavobacteriaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Elizabethkingia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Elizabethkingia at World Register of Marine Species