Acinetobacter

See also: acinetobacter

Translingual

Acinetobacter baumannii

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκίνητος (akínētos, “unmoved, motionless”) ‎ βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).

Proper noun

Acinetobacter m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile bacteria which are commonly present in soil, water, and sewage, and occasionally cause disease in humans, especially in hospitals.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Pseudomonadales – order; Moraxellaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Acinetobacter calcoaceticus - type species; Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter lwoffii, Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Acinetobacter radioresistans - selected other species

Descendants

• → English: acinetobacter

References

• Acinetobacter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acinetobacter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acinetobacter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Acinetobacter in the Genome Taxonomy Database