Defluviicoccus

Defluviicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Rhodospirillaceae
Genus: Defluviicoccus
Type species
D. vanus

Defluviicoccus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Defluviicoccus derives from:
Latin noun defluvium, sewage; and coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; Defluviicoccus, a coccus from sewage.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely D. vanus ( corrig. Maszenan et al. 2005, (type species of the genus).; Latin vanus, empty, idle, referring to its staining behaviour.)[3]

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  2. 1 2 Defluviicoccus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  3. "Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5, of the IJSEM". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 1): 7–9. 2006. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64166-0. PMID 16403856.
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