Campylobacter

See also: campylobacter

Translingual

Campylobacter fetus

Campylobacter jejuni

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καμπύλος (kampúlos, “bent, curved”) +‎ βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).

Proper noun

Campylobacter m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Campylobacteraceae – the campylobacter bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Epsilonproteobacteria – class; Campylobacterales – order; Campylobacteraceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Campylobacter fetus - type species; Campylobacter jejuni - selected other species

Derived terms

• Campylobacteraceae
• Campylobacterales
• Campylobacteria
• Campylobacterota

References

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