Acinetobacter
See also: acinetobacter
Translingual
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; Proteobacteria - 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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