Anaplasma

See also: anaplasma

Translingual

Etymology

ana- +‎ plasma

Proper noun

Anaplasma n

A taxonomic genus within the family Ehrlichiaceae – various bacteria, transmitted by ticks, that cause anaplasmosis in ruminants and at least one disease in humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rickettsiales - order; Ehrlichiaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Anaplasma phagocytophilum (cause of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) (formerly human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE)

References

Anaplasma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anaplasma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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