Biology:Agitococcus

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Agitococcus
Scientific classification edit
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]

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]
  3. 3.0 3.1 Agitococcus 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 (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]

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