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Crossiella

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Actinobacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
"Actinobacteria"

Subclass
  
Actinobacteridae

Suborder
  
Pseudonocardineae

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Crossiella is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).

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Etymology

The name Crossiella derives from: New Latin named for Thomas Cross, a microbiologist at the University of Bradford, who made many contributions to actinomycete biology and systematics.

Species

The genus contains two species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

  • C. cryophila ( (Labeda and Lechevalier 1989) Labeda 2001, (type species of the genus); Greek kruos, icy cold, frost; New Latin philus from Greek philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin cryophila, cold-loving, referring to the low permissive temperature range for growth.)
  • C. equi ( Donahue et al. 2002, ; Latin equi, of the horse, referring to the source of isolation of this microorganism, equine placentas.)

    • References

    Crossiella Wikipedia
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