Escherichia

== Translingual == === Etymology === German Escherich +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix). Named after German-Austrian paediatrician Theodor Escherich. === Pronunciation === English: IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ʃəˈɹɪ.ki.ə/ Rhymes: -ɪkiə Hyphenation: E‧sche‧ri‧chi‧a === Proper noun === Escherichia f A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria that inhabit of the gastrointestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals and provide vitamin K for their host. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Escherichia coli - type species; Escherichia albertii, Escherichia dysenteriae, Escherichia fergusonii, Escherichia flexneri, Escherichia marmotae - selected other species === Further reading === Escherichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Escherichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Escherichia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Escherichia in the Genome Taxonomy Database