Fusobacteria

See also: fusobacteria

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin plural of Fusobacterium

Proper noun

Fusobacteria

Anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria found in the gut:
1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria.
2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Fusobacteria – now Fusobacteriia.

Hypernyms

(class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Fusobacteria - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Fusobacteriales - sole order; Fusobacteriaceae - sole family

References

Fusobacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fusobacteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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