Alicycliphilus

Alicycliphilus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Comamonadaceae
Genus:
Alicycliphilus
Type species
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.[3] The specific epithet denitrificans is a New Latin participle adjective meaning denitrifying.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. 1 2 Alicycliphilus entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. ↑ Mechichi, T. (2003). "Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing beta-proteobacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 1): 147–152. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02276-0. PMID 12661531.
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