Helicobacter

See also: helicobacter

Translingual

Helicobacter pylori
(click image to see helix surface)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “anything assuming a spiral shape”) +‎ βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).

Proper noun

Helicobacter m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Helicobacteraceae – spiral-shaped gram-negative bacteria.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Helicobacter pylori - type species

References

• Helicobacter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Helicobacter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Helicobacter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Helicobacter in the Genome Taxonomy Database