Legionella

See also: legionella

Translingual

Legionella pneumophila

Etymology

Named after American Legion +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix), referring to an outbreak of pneumonia among those attending an American Legion convention first brought the legionella organisms to scientific attention.

Proper noun

Legionella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Legionellaceae – gram-negative bacteria, including the species that causes Legionnaires' disease.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Legionellales – order; Legionellaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Legionella pneumophila - type species; Legionella longbeachae, Legionella feeleii, Legionella micdadei, Legionella anisa - selected other species

References

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