Mahella

Mahella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Mahellales
Family:	Mahellaceae
Genus:	Mahella; Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004
Type species
	Mahella australiensis; Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004
Species
	M. australiensis;

Last updated October 19, 2025

Mahella is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).^[2] The name Mahella derives from: Neo-Latin feminine gender dim. noun Mahella, named in honour of the American microbiologist Professor R.A. Mah, for his important contribution to the taxonomy of anaerobes.^[3]

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[3] namely M. australiensis ( Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective australiensis, related to Australia.)^[4]

References

↑ Abstractijs.sgmjournals.org Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Classification of Genera MR in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
1 2 Mahella in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
↑ Bonilla Salinas, Monica; Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Thomas, Pierre; Cayol, Jean-Luc; Patel, Bharat K. C.; Ollivier, Bernard (2004). "Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2169–2173. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02926-0 . PMID 15545453.

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[1] Abstractijs.sgmjournals.org Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Classification of Genera MR in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .

[main-3] 1 2 Mahella in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .

[4] Bonilla Salinas, Monica; Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Thomas, Pierre; Cayol, Jean-Luc; Patel, Bharat K. C.; Ollivier, Bernard (2004). "Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2169–2173. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02926-0 . PMID 15545453.

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