Haemophilus
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Haemophilus influenzae in sputum sample
See also: haemophilus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”).
Proper noun
Haemophilus m
- 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.
