Legionella

== Translingual == === 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 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 Category: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