Helicobacter
See also: helicobacter
Translingual
Helicobacter pylori
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Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “anything assuming a spiral shape”) + βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).
Proper noun
Helicobacter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Helicobacteraceae – spiral-shaped gram-negative bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Epsilonproteobacteria - class; Campylobacterales - order; Helicobacteraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Helicobacter pylori - type species
References
Helicobacter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Helicobacter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Helicobacter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Helicobacter in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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