Grimontia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, Named after P. A. D. Grimont, French microbiologist. Coined in 2003 in a paper proposing Vibrio hollisae be reclassified as Grimontia hollisae, placing the species in a new genus due to its genetic difference from other Vibrio species.
Proper noun
Grimontia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Vibrionaceae – a gram-negative bacteria, found in stool cultures of patients with diarrhea.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Vibrionaceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): Grimontia hollisae - type species; Grimontia celer, Grimontia marina - other accepted species
References
Grimontia hollisae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Grimontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Enterobacterales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Grimontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Grimontia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Grimontia at World Register of Marine Species
- Grimontia at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Reclassification of Vibrio hollisae as Grimontia hollisae gen. nov., comb. nov.