Escherichia

Translingual

Escherichia coli

Etymology

From German Escherich (“a surname”) +‎ -ia, after German pediatrician and bacteriologist Theodor Escherich, who discovered E. coli.

Pronunciation

(English): IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.ʃəˈɹɪ.kjə/

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; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Escherichia adecarboxylata, Escherichia albertii, Escherichia blattae, Escherichia coli, Escherichia fergusonii, Escherichia hermannii, Escherichia vulneris (species)

Further reading

Escherichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Escherichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Escherichia coli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Escherichia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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