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Alicycliphilus

Genus of bacteria

Alicycliphilus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name Alicycliphilus derives from: Greek adjective grc, fat; Latin noun cyclus, circle or ring; Neo-Latin pref. alicycli-, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective grc (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism.

Species

The genus contains a single species, namely A. denitrificans. The specific epithet denitrificans is a Neo-Latin participle adjective meaning denitrifying.

References

[http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/1/147 Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing β-proteobacterium]
{{lpsn. classificationac.html. Classification of Genera AC
{{lpsn. a/alicycliphilus.html. Alicycliphilus
(2003). "''Alicycliphilus denitrificans'' gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing beta-proteobacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

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