Firmicutes
See also: firmicutes
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Clostridium_perfringens.jpg/220px-Clostridium_perfringens.jpg)
Etymology
From Latin firmus (“strong”) + cutis (“skin”).
Proper noun
Firmicutes
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – very many bacteria, mostly Gram-positive.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Bacilli, Clostridia, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Negativicutes, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (classes)
References
Firmicutes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Firmicutes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Firmicutes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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