Afifella
| Afifella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Rhodobiaceae |
| Genus: | Afifella |
| Type species | |
| A. marina | |
Afifella is a photoheterotrophic genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1][2]
Etymology
The name Afifella derives from:
New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Afifella, named after S. Afif, British philosopher and painter in recognition of his expertise and guidance in the subject of the philosophical tendency of structuralism, essential for the development and understanding of taxonomy as a science.[3]
Species
The genus contains 2 species, namely[3][4]
- A. marina ((Imhoff 1984) Urdiain et al. 2009; Latin adjective marina meaning marine), was previously known as Rhodobium marinum and before that as Rhodopseudomonas marina.
- A. pfennigii ( (Caumette et al. 2007) Urdiain et al. 2009, ; New Latin genitive case noun pfennigii, of Pfennig, named after Norbert Pfennig, a German microbiologist.) was previously known as Rhodobium pfennigii
See also
References
- ↑ 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.]
- ↑ URDIAIN (M.), LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ (A.), GONZALO (C.), BUSSE (H.J.), LANGER (S.), KÄMPFER (P.) and ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.): Reclassification of Rhodobium marinum and Rhodobium pfennigii as Afifella marina gen. nov. comb. nov. and Afifella pfennigii comb. nov., a new genus of photoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and emended descriptions of Rhodobium, Rhodobium orientis and Rhodobium gokarnense. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2008, 31, 339-351.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Afifella 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.]
- ↑ "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59 (5): 923–925. 2009. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.013961-0.