List of bacterial genera named after geographical names

Several bacterial species are named after geographical locations.

For the generic epithet, all names derived from people or places (unless in combination) must be in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.[1] If a Latin word for the locality exists that should be used ignoring geopolitical differences, e.g. Sina for China.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes. Microbiología (Sociedad Española de Microbiología), 1996, 12, 473-475. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/trueper.html
  2. Yi, H.; Yoon, H. I.; Chun, J. (2005). "Sejongia antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. And Sejongia jeonii sp. nov., isolated from the Antarctic". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 1): 409–416. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63273-0. PMID 15653910.
  3. Lee, S. D. (2007). "Tamlana crocina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from beach sediment in Korea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (4): 764–769. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64720-0. PMID 17392203.
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