Translingual

Proper noun

Verrucomicrobia

1. Several bacteria that have a wart-like morphology.
   1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Bacteria.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria.^[1]

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom^[1]

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Verrucomicrobiae, Opitutae - classes^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 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