Enterobacteriaceae

Translingual

Escherichia coli

Etymology

New Latin, from English enterobacterium +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Enterobacteriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Enterobacteriales – many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria including many pathogens.

Hypernyms

(family): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order

Hyponyms

(family): Escherichia - type genus; Alishewanella, Alterococcus, Aquamonas, Aranicola, Arsenophonus, Averyella, Azotivirga, Brenneria, Buchnera, Budvicia, Buttiauxella, Cedecea, Citrobacter, Dickeya, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Ewingella, Grimontella, Hafnia, Klebsiella, Kluyvera, Leclercia, Leminorella, Moellerella, Morganella, Obesumbacterium, Pantoea, Pectobacterium, Photorhabdus, Plesiomonas, Pragia, Proteus, Providencia, Rahnella, Raoultella, Salmonella, Samsonia, Serratia, Shigella, Sodalis, Tatumella, Thorsellia, Tiedjeia, Trabulsiella, Wigglesworthia, Xenorhabdus Yersinia, Yokenella (other genera)

Further reading

Enterobacteriaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Enterobacteriaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Enterobacteriaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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