Fibrobacteres

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin plural of Fibrobacter based on Ancient Greek model

Proper noun

Fibrobacteres

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – bacteria that break down cellulose in ruminant animals.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom

Hyponyms

(phylum): Fibrobacteria - sole class; Fibrobacterales - sole order; Fibrobacteraceae - sole family; Fibrobacter - sole genus

References

Fibrobacteres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fibrobacteres on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Fibrobacteres on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.