Translingual

Escherichia coli

Proper noun

Enterobacteriaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Enterobacteriales – many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria including many pathogens.

Hyponyms

(family): Escherichia - type genus; Alishewanella, Alterococcus, Aquamonas, Aranicola, Arsenophonus, Averyella, Azotivirga, Brenneria, Buchnera, Budvicia, Buttiauxella, Cedecea, Citrobacter, Dickeya, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Ewingella, Grimontella, Hafnia, Klebsiella, Kluyvera, Leclercia, Leminorella, Moellerella, Morganella, Obesumbacterium, Pantoea, Pectobacterium, Photorhabdus, Plesiomonas, Pragia, Proteus, Providencia, Rahnella, Raoultella, Salmonella, Samsonia, Serratia, Shigella, Sodalis, Tatumella, Thorsellia, Tiedjeia, Trabulsiella, Wigglesworthia, Xenorhabdus, Yersinia, Yokenella (other genera)