Agitococcus

Agitococcus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).[1]

Agitococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Firmicutes"
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Carnobacteriaceae
Genus:
Agitococcus
Type species
A. lubricus

Etymology

The name Agitococcus derives from the Latin agito, to shake; and New Latin coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), a berry).[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. lubricus ( Franzmann and Skerman 1981), type species of the genus. The specific name is from the Latin lubricus, slippery.[3]

See also

References
  1. 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. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  2. 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. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  3. 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.


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