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Aliivibrio

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Domain
  
Order
  
Vibrionales

Scientific name
  
Aliivibrio

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
"Proteobacteria"

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Vibrionaceae

Similar
  
Bacteria, Aliivibrio fischeri, Vibrionaceae, Photobacterium, Euprymna scolopes

Aliivibrio is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

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Etymology

The name Aliivibrio derives from:
Latin alius, other, another, different; New Latin Vibrio, a bacterial genus name to give Aliivibrio, the other Vibrio.

Species

The genus contains:

  • A. finisterrensis ( Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010, ; New Latin finisterrensis, pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named this place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world.)
  • A. fischeri ( (Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, (type species of the genus).; named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria.)
  • A. logei ( (Harwood et al. 1980) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; New Latin logei, of Loge; from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief.)
  • A. salmonicida ( (Egidius et al. 1986) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Latin noun salmo -onis, salmon; cida (from Latin caedo, to cut or kill), murderer, killer; salmonicida, salmon killer.)
  • A. sifiae ( Yoshizawa et al. 2011, ; New Latin sifiae, of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow color of the luminescence).)
  • A. wodanis ( (Lunder et al. 2000) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; New Latin wodanis, of Wodan, the Norse god of art, culture, war and the dead, because its closest relative, Vibrio logei (Aliivibrio logei), also a cold-water vibrio.)
  • References

    Aliivibrio Wikipedia


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