Bartonella

See also: bartonella

Translingual

Etymology

Named after Peruvian microbiologist Alberto Barton (1870–1950) +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Bartonella f

1. A type of gram-negative bacteria, several of which opportunistically infect humans:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bartonellaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Rhizobiaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rhizobiales - order; Rhizobiaceae - family
• (genus in Bartonellaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rhizobiales - order; Bartonellaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bartonella bacilliformis - type species; Bartonella henselae - selected other species

References

• Bartonella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bartonella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bartonella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bartonella at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bartonella at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Bartonella in the Genome Taxonomy Database