Streptomyces clavuligerus

Translingual

Etymology

From Streptomyces and Latin clāvuligerus (“bearing a little stick”), referring to the spore-bearing hyphae of the bacterium.

Proper noun

Streptomyces clavuligerus m

1. (bacteriology) A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae – a gram-positive bacterium by which clavulanic acid is produced.

Hypernyms

• (species): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Actinobacteria – phylum; Actinobacteria - class; Actinomycetales - order; Streptomycineae - suborder; Streptomycetaceae - family; Streptomyces - genus

Descendants

• ⇒ English: clavulanic acid, clavulanic

References

• Streptomyces clavuligerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Streptomyces clavuligerus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Streptomyces clavuligerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Streptomyces clavuligerus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Streptomyces clavuligerus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.