Escherichia
Translingual
editEtymology
editGerman Escherich + -ia (taxonomic suffix). Named after German-Austrian paediatrician Theodor Escherich
Proper noun
editEscherichia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria that inhabit of the gastrointestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals and provide vitamin K for their host.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Escherichia coli - type species; Escherichia albertii, Escherichia dysenteriae, Escherichia fergusonii, Escherichia flexneri, Escherichia marmotae - selected other species
Further reading
edit- Escherichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Escherichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Escherichia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Escherichia in the Genome Taxonomy Database