Escherichia
Translingual
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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