Aegyptianella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Subclass: | "Rickettsidae" |
Order: | Rickettsiales |
Family: | Ehrlichiaceae |
Genus: | Aegyptianella Carpano 1929 |
Type species | |
A. pullorum |
Aegyptianella is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [1]
The name Aegyptianella derives from:
Neo-Latin feminine gender dim. noun Aegyptianella (from Latin noun Aegyptus), named after Egypt where the organism was described (in 1929). [2]
The genus contains a single species, [2] namely A. pullorum (Latin noun pullus, a young fowl, chicken; Latin genitive case pl. noun pullorum, of young fowls.) [3]