Anaplasma

See also: anaplasma

Translingual

Etymology

ana- +‎ plasma

Proper noun

Anaplasma n

1. 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
• Anaplasma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons