Aegyptianella

Aegyptianella
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Anaplasmataceae
Genus: Aegyptianella
Type species
A. pullorum

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

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Etymology

See also: List of bacterial genera named after geographical names

The name Aegyptianella derives from:
New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Aegyptianella (from Latin noun Aegyptus), named after Egypt where the organism was described (in 1929).[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. pullorum(Latin noun pullus, a young fowl, chicken; Latin genitive case pl. noun pullorum, of young fowls.)[3]

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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 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  2. ^ a b Aegyptianella 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. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  3. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/1/225