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Alishewanella

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Alteromonadaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gammaproteobacteria

Phylum
  
"Proteobacteria"

Order
  
Alteromonadales

Similar
  
Alteromonadaceae, Alteromonadales, Brenneria, Ewingella americana, Sodalis

Alishewanella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (bacteria).

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Etymology

The name Alishewanella derives from:
Latin adjective and pronoun alius, other, another, different; New Latin feminine gender noun Shewanella, a bacterial genus name; New Latin feminine gender noun Alishewanella, the other Shewanella.

Species

The genus contains four species, namely:

  • A. aestuarii (Roh et al. 2009, Latin genitive case noun aestuarii, of a tidal flat)
  • A. agri (Kim et al. 2010, Latin genitive case noun agri, of a field)
  • A. fetalis (Fonnesbech Vogel et al, 2000, type species of the genus, Latin noun fetus young, offspring, Latin feminine gender suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to, New Latin feminine gender adjective fetalis, pertaining to the fetus, from which the organism was isolated)
  • A. jeotgali (Kim et al, 2009, New Latin genitive case noun jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood)

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    Alishewanella Wikipedia
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