Alicycliphilus
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| Genus: | Alicycliphilus
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| A. denitrificans | |
Alicycliphilus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]
Etymology
The name Alicycliphilus derives from:
Greek adjective aliphos, fat; Latin noun cyclus, circle or ring; New Latin pref. alicycli-, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism.[2]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. denitrificans ( Mechichi et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)[3]
See Also
References
- ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Alicycliphilus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/1/147