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 at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Elizabethkingia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Elizabethkingia at World Register of Marine Species
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