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

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

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