Erwinia

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Translingual

Fire blight (infection by Erwinia amylovora) on a pear tree

Etymology

From English Erwin (“a male given name”) (after US phytobacteriologist Erwin Frink Smith) +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Erwinia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria, mostly pathogens of plants.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Erwinia amylovora (fire blight), Erwinia aphidicola, Erwinia billingiae, Erwinia mallotivora, Erwinia papayae, Erwinia persicina, Erwinia psidii, Erwinia pyrifoliae, Erwinia rhapontici, Erwinia toletana, Erwinia tracheiphila (species)
- Candidatus Erwinia dacicola (species, incompletely described)

Further reading

Erwinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erwinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erwinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Erwinia at the Catalogue of Life

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