Haemophilus

See also: haemophilus

Translingual

Haemophilus influenzae in sputum sample

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”).

Proper noun

Haemophilus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that include several important pathogens.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Haemophilus influenzae - type species; Haemophilus aegyptius, Haemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus haemolyticus, Haemophilus paracuniculus, Haemophilus parahaemolyticus, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Haemophilus influenzae, Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus, Haemophilus pittmaniae, Haemophilus quentini, Haemophilus sputorum - selected other species

References

• Haemophilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Haemophilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Haemophilus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Haemophilus in the Genome Taxonomy Database
• “haemophilus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.