Grimontia

Translingual edit

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Etymology edit

New Latin, Named after P. A. D. Grimont, French microbiologist. Coined in 2003 in a paper proposing Vibrio hollisae be reclassified as Grimontia hollisae, placing the species in a new genus due to its genetic difference from other Vibrio species.

Proper noun edit

Grimontia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Vibrionaceae – a gram-negative bacteria, found in stool cultures of patients with diarrhea.

Hypernyms edit

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Vibrionaceae - family

Hypernyms edit

(genus): Grimontia hollisae - type species; Grimontia celer, Grimontia marina - other accepted species

References edit

Grimontia hollisae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Grimontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Enterobacterales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Grimontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Grimontia at Encyclopedia of Life
Grimontia at World Register of Marine Species
Grimontia at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Reclassification of Vibrio hollisae as Grimontia hollisae gen. nov., comb. nov. [1]