Alicycliphilus
Genus of bacteria
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Alicycliphilus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[2]
| Alicycliphilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Alicycliphilus Mechichi et al. 2003[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. denitrificans | |
Etymology
The name Alicycliphilus derives from:
Greek adjective aliphos, fat; Latin noun cyclus, circle or ring; Neo-Latin pref. alicycli-, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism.[3]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[3] namely A. denitrificans.[4] The specific epithet denitrificans is a Neo-Latin participle adjective meaning denitrifying.