Escherichia
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]German Escherich + -ia (taxonomic suffix). Named after German-Austrian paediatrician Theodor Escherich
Proper noun
[edit]Escherichia 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