Elizabethkingia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Elizabeth O. King +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Elizabethkingia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae – certain common bacteria, some species of which are pathogens resistant to treatment. [from 2005]

Hypernyms

(species): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Bacteroidetes - phylum; Flavobacteria - class; Flavobacteriales - order; Flavobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Elizabethkingia meningoseptica - type species; Elizabethkingia anophelis, Elizabethkingia endophytica, Elizabethkingia miricola - other species

References

Elizabethkingia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Flavobacteriaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Flavobacteriaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Elizabethkingia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Elizabethkingia at Encyclopedia of Life
Elizabethkingia at World Register of Marine Species

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