Agitococcus

Agitococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[2]

Agitococcus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Carnobacteriaceae
Genus: Agitococcus
Franzmann and Skerman 1981
Species:
A. lubricus
Binomial name
Agitococcus lubricus
Franzmann and Skerman 1981[1]

Etymology

The name Agitococcus derives from the Latin agito, to shake; and New Latin coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), berry).[3]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[3] namely Agitococcus lubricus ( Franzmann and Skerman 1981), type species of the genus. The specific name is from the Latin lubricus, slippery.[1]

References
  1. Franzmann, P. D.; Skerman, V. B. D. (1981). "Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov. sp. nov., a Lipolytic, Twitching Coccus from Freshwater". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 31 (2): 177. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-2-177.
  2. 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.
  3. Agitococcus 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.


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