Several bacterial species are named after geographical locations.
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For the generic epithet, all names derived from people or places (unless in combination) must be in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.[1] If a Latin word for the locality exists that should be used ignoring geopolitical differences, e.g. Sina for China.[1]
- Aegyptianella – Aegyptus (the Latin name of Egypt)
- Aidingimonas – Ayding Lake (Xinjiang province of north-west China)
- Antarctobacter – Antarctica
- Balneola – Balneola (the medieval Latin name of Banyuls, France)
- Bavariicoccus – Bavaria (Germany)
- Beutenbergia – Beutenberg (Germany)
- Bogoriella – Lake Bogoria (Kenya)
- Brooklawnia – Brooklawn (the contaminated site from which members of the genus were first isolated)
- Budvicia – Budvicium (the Latin name of the city České Budějovice)
- Daeguia – Daegu (Korea)
- Delftia – Delft (the Netherlands)
- Dokdonella – Dokdo (the Korean name of Liancourt Rocks)
- Dokdonia – Dokdo (the Korean name of Liancourt Rocks)
- Donghaeana – Donghae (the Korean name of the Sea of Japan)
- Donghicola – Donghae (the Korean name of the Sea of Japan)
- Gallaecimonas – Galicia (region of northwest Spain)
- Gangjinia – Gangjin Bay (Korea Strait, Korea)
- Gelria – Gelre or Gelderland (one of the 12 provinces in The Netherlands)
- Georgenia – St Georgen (a village in Styria)
- Hafnia – Hafnia (the Latin name for Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Herminiimonas – Mons Herminius (a mountain range of Lusitania)
- Hwanghaeicola – Hwanghae Province, Korean
- Indibacter – India
- Jejuia – Jeju Island (the largest island in Korea)
- Jeongeupia – Jeongeup (Korean city, where Naejang mountain is located)
- Kiloniella – Kilonium (the Latin name of the northern German city of Kiel, Germany)
- Kinneretia – Lake Kinneret (Israel)
- Koreibacter – Korea
- Lutaonella – Lutao (a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean)
- Massilia (bacterium) – Massilia (the Latin name of Marseille, France)
- Mechercharimyces – Mecherchar lake (a marine lake located on Mecherchar Island in the Republic of Palau)
- Mitsuaria – Matsue (Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
- Nevskia – Neva (a river in St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Okibacterium – Oka River (Russia)
- Orientia – The Orient
- Pannonibacter – Pannonia (the Roman province in what is now Hungary), and also Lake Pannon (Hungary)
- Phocaeicola – Phocaea (a maritime town of Ionia, modern-day Foça in Turkey)
- Pragia – Prague (Czech Republic)
- Providencia – Providence (Rhode Island, U.S.A)
- Reinekea – Reineke Island (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, Russia)
- Rhodanobacter – Rhodanus (River Rhône)
- Salana – River Saale (Germany)
- Sejongia – King Sejong Station (Korea) – the strain was isolated form this station which is named after Sejong the Great of the Joseon Dynasty.[2]
- Seohaeicola – Seohae (the Korean name of the Yellow Sea)
- Sinobaca – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Sinobacter – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Sinococcus – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Sinomonas – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Sinorhizobium – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Sinosporangium – Sina (the medieval Latin name of China)
- Stygiolobus – River Styx (a river in Greek mythology which formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld)
- Tamlana – Tamla (the old name for Jeju Island, Korea) according to the description in the IJSME article[3]
- Tateyamaria – Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
- Turicella – Turicum (the Latin name of Zürich, Switzerland)
- Turicibacter – Turicum (the Latin name of Zürich, Switzerland)
- Victivallis – Referring to the Wageningen 'Food Valley', an area of The Netherlands in which Food Science is a major research topic
- Wandonia – Wando (an island located on the Southern Sea in Korea)
- Yeosuana – Yeosu (Korea)
See also
edit- List of bacterial genera named after institutions
- List of bacterial genera named after personal names
- list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- List of Bacteria genera
- List of bacterial orders
- List of sequenced prokaryotic genomes
- List of clinically important bacteria
- List of sequenced archaeal genomes
- List of Archaea genera
- Synonym (taxonomy)
- Taxonomy
- LPSN, list of accepted bacterial and archaeal names
References
edit- names after mythology in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes. Microbiología (Sociedad Española de Microbiología), 1996, 12, 473–475. "H.G. Trüper: Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ Yi, H.; Yoon, H. I.; Chun, J. (2005). "Sejongia antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. And Sejongia jeonii sp. nov., isolated from the Antarctic". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 1): 409–416. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63273-0. PMID 15653910.
- ^ Lee, S. D. (2007). "Tamlana crocina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from beach sediment in Korea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (4): 764–769. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64720-0. PMID 17392203.