Ehrlichia

Translingual

Etymology

Named after German physician and scientist Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Ehrlichia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ehrlichiaceae – bacteria transmitted by ticks, some species of which can cause ehrlichiosis in humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rickettsiales - order; Ehrlichiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia minasensis, Ehrlichia muris, Ehrlichia ruminantium - selected species

References

• Ehrlichia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ehrlichia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ehrlichia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ehrlichia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ehrlichia in the Genome Taxonomy Database