Translingual

Morganella morganii (bacteria) on blood agar

Proper noun

Morganella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria including the type species Morganella morganii, a gram-negative bacterium that lives commensally in the intestinal tracts of reptiles and mammals, including humans.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Diaspididae – certain scale insects.
3. A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae – certain puffball fungi. Previously placed in the family Lycoperdaceae.
4. A taxonomic genus within the family Araksalosiidae – certain fossil brachiopods of the Devonian period.

Hypernyms

• (bacterium): Bacteria - kingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (bacterium): Morganella morganii (type species), Morganella psychrotolerans (species)
• (insect genus): Morganella acaciae, Morganella conspicua, Morganella cueroensis, Morganella longispina, Morganella polyctena, Morganella pseudospinigera, Morganella spinigera (species)
• (puffball fungus): Morganella afra, Morganella albina, Morganella compacta, Morganella costaricensis, Morganella fuliginea, Morganella mexicana, Morganella puiggarii, Morganella purpurascens, Morganella pyriformis, Morganella samoensis, Morganella stercoraria, Morganella subincarnata, Morganella velutina (species)
• (fossil brachiopod): Morganella maxwelli (species)

See also

• Morganiella

References

• Morgan, A. C. F., 1889. Observations on Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 25: 349–353
• Cockerell, T. D. A., 1897. The San Jose scale and its nearest allies. U. S. Department of Agriculture Division of Entomology, Technical Series 6
• The Devonian productoid brachiopod faunas of Queensland. Publs geol. Surv. Qd, No. 342 1970: 17–19