Lyticum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Subclass: | "Rickettsidae" |
Order: | Rickettsiales |
Family: | Ehrlichiaceae |
Genus: | Lyticum |
Type species | |
L. flagellatum |
Lyticum is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [1]
The name Lyticum derives from:
Neo-Latin lyticus (from Greek lutikos, λυτικός), able to loosen, able to dissolve; to give Lyticum, dissolver. [2]
The genus contains two species (including basonyms and synonyms): [2]