Helicobacter

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See also: helicobacter

Translingual

Helicobacter pylori
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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “anything assuming a spiral shape”) +‎ βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).

Proper noun

Helicobacter m

A taxonomic genus within the family Helicobacteraceae – spiral-shaped gram-negative bacteria.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Epsilonproteobacteria - class; Campylobacterales - order; Helicobacteraceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Helicobacter pylori - type species

References

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

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