Agromyces

Agromyces is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).^[1]

Etymology

The name Agromyces derives from:
Greek noun agros, field or soil; New Latin masculine gender noun myces (from Greek masculine gender noun mukēs -etis), fungus; New Latin masculine gender noun Agromyces, soil fungus.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 22 species, namely^[2]

• A. albus ( Dorofeeva et al. 2003, ; Latin masculine gender adjective albus, white, referring to the white colour of colonies.)^[3]
• A. allii ( Jung et al. 2007, ;: New Latin genitive case noun allii, of Allium, referring to the source of isolation of the micro-organisms, the rhizosphere of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum.)^[4]
• A. atrinae ( Park et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun Atrina, zoological name for a genus of bivalve mollusc; New Latin genitive case noun atrinae, of Atrina, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a fermented food prepared from Atrina pectinata (comb pen shell).)^[5]
• A. aurantiacus ( Li et al. 2003, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective aurantiacus, orange-coloured.)^[6]
• A. bauzanensis ( Zhang et al. 2010, ; Medieval Latin masculine gender adjective bauzanensis, of or belonging to Bauzanum, the medieval Latin name of Bozen/Bolzano, a city in South Tyrol, Italy, from where the type strain was isolated.)^[7]
• A. bracchium ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; Latin noun brachium (nominative in apposition), a branch of a tree, a twig, referring to the twig-like morphology.)^[8]
• A. cerinus ( Zgurskaya et al. 1992, ; Latin masculine gender adjective cerinus, waxcolored, yellow like wax.)^[6]
• A. fucosus ( Zgurskaya et al. 1992, ; New Latin noun fucosum, fucose; New Latin masculine gender adjective fucosus (sic), containing fucose in the cell wall.)^[6]
• A. hippuratus ( (Zgurskaya et al. 1992) Ortiz-Martinez et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective hippuratus, pertaining to hippurate, relating to the ability to decompose hippurate.)^[9]
• A. humatus ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; Latin masculine gender participle adjective humatus, buried.)^[10]
• A. italicus ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; Latin masculine gender adjective italicus, of or pertaining to Italy, of Italy, the origin of the type strain.)^[10]
• A. lapidis ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; Latin noun lapis -idis, a stone; Latin genitive case noun lapidis, of a stone.)^[10]
• A. luteolus ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; Latin dim. masculine gender adjective luteolus, yellowish.)^[8]
• A. mediolanus ( (ex Mamoli 1939) Suzuki et al. 1996, nom. rev., ; New Latin masculine gender adjective mediolanus (sic), of or belonging Mediolanum, the old name of Milan, Italy.)^[11]
• A. neolithicus ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective neolithicus, neolithic, referring to the origin of the neolithic paintings in Grotta dei Cervi, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.)^[9]
• A. ramosus ( Gledhill and Casida 1969, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective ramosus, having many branches, much-branched.)^[12]
• A. rhizospherae ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; New Latin rhiza, root; Greek noun sphaira, sphere; New Latin genitive case noun rhizospherae, of the sphere of the root.)^[8]
• A. salentinus ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective salentinus, of or pertaining to Salentine Peninsula, the location of Grotta dei Cervi, the area from which the organism was isolated.)^[9]
• A. subbeticus ( Jurado et al. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective subbeticus, of or belonging to the Subbetic Mountain Range, southern Spain, where the Cave of Bats is located.)^[13]
• A. terreus ( Yoon et al. 2008, ; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of the earth.)^[14]
• A. tropicus ( Thawai et al. 2011, ; Latin masculine gender adjective tropicus, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to isolation from a tropical forest.)^[15]
• A. ulmi ( Rivas et al. 2004, ; Latin genitive case noun ulmi, of the elm tree, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism.)^[16]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References