Thiomargarita

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulphur”) + μαργᾰρῑ́της (margarī́tēs, “pearl”)

Proper noun

Thiomargarita f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae – a marine bacterium - the largest bacterium known.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thiomargarita joergensii, Thiomargarita magnifica, Thiomargarita namibiensis, Thiomargarita nelsonii

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Thiotrichaceae): Achromatium, Beggiatoa, Cocleimonas, Leucothrix, Thiobacterium, Thioploca, Thiospira, Thiothrix - genera

References

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