Ehrlichia

Translingual

Etymology

Named after German physician and scientist Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Ehrlichia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Anaplasmataceae – bacteria transmitted by ticks, some species of which can cause ehrlichiosis in humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Alphaproteobacteria - class; Rickettsiales - order; Anaplasmataceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia minasensis, Ehrlichia muris, Ehrlichia ruminantium - selected species

References

Ehrlichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ehrlichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ehrlichia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ehrlichia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ehrlichia at Encyclopedia of Life
Ehrlichia in the Genome Taxonomy Database

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