Mahella

Mahella is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).[1] The name Mahella derives from: New 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.[2]

Mahella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Firmicutes"
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Thermoanaerobacterales
Genus:
Mahella
Type species
M. australiensis

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely M. australiensis ( Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective australiensis, related to Australia.)[3]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera MR 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. Mahella 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. 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.


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