Lyticum

Lyticum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Genus: Lyticum
Type species
Latin flagellatum

Lyticum is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Lyticum derives from:
New Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin neuter gender noun Lyticum, dissolver.[2]

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

  • L. flagellatum ( (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982, nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun flagellum, a whip, scourge, whip; Latin neuter gender suff. -atum, suffix denoting provided with; New Latin neuter gender adjective flagellatum, with flagella.)[3]
  • L. sinuosum ( (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982, nom. rev.; Latin neuter gender adjective sinuosum, full of bendings, windings, or curves, sinuous.)[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. ]
  2. 1 2 Lyticum entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. ]
  3. 1 2 Preer, J. R; Preer, L. B (1982). "Revival of Names of Protozoan Endosymbionts and Proposal of Holospora caryophila nom. Nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32: 140. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-1-140.


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