Pseudomonas

See also: pseudomonas

Translingual

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Etymology

Coined by German botanist Walter Migula in 1894, who did not give an etymology. Probably from pseudo- (“false”) +‎ Monas, referring to the resemblance of the cells to those of the nanoflagellate Monas in both size and active motility.

Proper noun

Pseudomonas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – certain gram-negative bacteria that cause a variety of infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Pseudomonadales – order; Pseudomonadaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pseudomonas aeruginosa - type species; Pseudomonas acidovorans, Pseudomonas andropogonis, Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas cichorii, Pseudomonas corrugata, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas glycinea, Pseudomonas kilonensis, Pseudomonas maltophilia, Pseudomonas nitroreducens, Pseudomonas paucimobilis, Pseudomonas proteamaculans, Pseudomonas psychrophila, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas savastonoi, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Pseudomonas syringae, Pseudomonas viridiflava, Pseudomonas yangonensis (proposed) - selected other species

Descendants

• → English: pseudomonad

References

• Pseudomonas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pseudomonas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pseudomonas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• -monas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , which includes etymology.
• Pseudomonas at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Pseudomonas in the Genome Taxonomy Database