Agaricicola
Genus of bacteria
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Agaricicola is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
| Agaricicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Paracoccaceae |
| Genus: | Agaricicola Chu et al. 2010 |
| Type species | |
| A. taiwanensis | |
Etymology
The name Agaricicola derives from:
Neo-Latin noun Agaricus, generic name of a mushroom; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), dweller; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agaricicola, Agaricus-dweller, reflecting isolation of the first strain from Agaricus blazei (Murrill).[2]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. taiwanensis (Chu et al. 2010), (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.)[3]