Word of the Week: how a bacteria unrelated to fish got its name "salmonella"

Agar plates with salmonella cultures ready for testing in the Medical Microbiology at the Houston Health and Human Services Department on June 18, 2015, in Houston. ( / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Despite its fishy name, the bacteria salmonella has no connection to the underwater creature.

(Image credit: Mayra Beltran)