Agitococcus

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Agitococcus
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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]

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

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Etymology

The name Agitococcus derives from the Latin agito, to shake; and Neo-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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.