Hafnia
See also: hafnia
Translingual
Hafnia alvei
Proper noun
Hafnia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – the single species Hafnia alvei, a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commensal in humans and normally harmless.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hafnia alvei (species)
Further reading
- Hafnia at the Catalogue of Life
Latin
Alternative forms
- Haunia
Etymology
From Late Old Norse hǫfn (“harbour, port”) or Old Danish hafn (“harbour, port”); from Kaupmannahǫfn.
Derived terms
- Hafniensis
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