Escherichia

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Translingual

Escherichia coli

Etymology

German Escherich +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix). Named after German-Austrian paediatrician Theodor Escherich.

Proper noun

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

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Escherichia coli - type species; Escherichia albertii, Escherichia dysenteriae, Escherichia fergusonii, Escherichia flexneri, Escherichia marmotae - selected other species

Further reading

Escherichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Escherichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Escherichia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Escherichia in the Genome Taxonomy Database

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