Alicycliphilus
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Betaproteobacteria
- order
- Burkholderiales
- family
- Comamonadaceae
- genus
- Alicycliphilus
Abstract
Alicycliphilus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name Alicycliphilus derives from:Greek adjective aliphos, fat; Latin noun cyclus, circle or ring; New Latin pref. alicycli-, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism.
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. denitrificans. The specific epithet denitrificans is a New Latin participle adjective meaning denitrifying.
Name
- Homonyms
- Alicycliphilus