Agreia

Agreia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agreia Evtushenko et al. 2001 [1]
Type species
Agreia bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001
Species
See text.

Agreia is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria). ^[2]

Etymology

The generic name Agreia honours Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist. ^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[3]

• A. bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001, type species of the genus; Latin bis, twice; coloratus, coloured; to give bicolorata, two-coloured.) ^[1]
• A. pratensis (Behrendt et al. 2002) Schumann et al. 2003; Latin pratensis, found in meadows/grassland] ^[4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/6/2073 ^{[ dead link ]}
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. Agreia 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.
4. "Reclassification of Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002 as Agreia pratensis comb. nov".