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Alkaliphilus
Alkaliphilus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Alkaliphilus derives from: New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender noun alkaliphilus, bacterium liking alkaline environments.

Species
The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. crotonatoxidans ( Cao et al. 2003, ; New Latin participle adjective crotonatoxidans, oxidizing crotonate.)
 * A. halophilus ( Wu et al. 2010, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Latin adjective philus -a -um (from Greek adjective φίλος -ē -on), friendly to, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.)
 * A. oremlandii ( Fisher et al. 2009, ; New Latin masculine gender genitive case noun oremlandii, of Oremland, named in honor of Ronald S. Oremland of the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.)
 * A. peptidifermentans ( corrig. Zhilina et al. 2009, ; New Latin noun peptidum, peptide; Latin participle adjective fermentans, fermenting; New Latin participle adjective peptidifermentans, peptide-fermenting organism.)
 * A. transvaalensis ( Takai et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective transvaalensis, of Transvaal, a region of South Africa.)

Allomonas
Allomonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Allomonas derives from: Greek adjective allos, another, other, different; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), unit, monad: New Latin feminine gender noun Allomonas, a monad or unit in addition to Aeromonas.

Members of the genus Allomonas can be referred to as allomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. enterica ( Kalina et al. 1984, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun enteron, gut, bowel, intestine; Latin feminine gender suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; New Latin feminine gender adjective enterica, pertaining to intestine.)

Allorhizobium
Allorhizobium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Allorhizobium derives from: Greek adjective allos, another, other, different; New Latin neuter gender noun Rhizobium, a bacterial generic name; New Latin neuter gender noun Allorhizobium, the other Rhizobium, to refer to the fact that it is phylogenetically separate from other Rhizobium species.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. undicola ( de Lajudie et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun unda, water; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola) dweller; New Latin noun undicola, water dweller, referring to the isolation of these strains from nodules of the aquatic plant Neptunia natans.)

Ammonifex
Ammonifex is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Ammonifex derives from: New Latin noun ammonium, ammonium; Latin suff. -fex (from Latin v. facere, to make), maker; New Latin masculine gender noun Ammonifex, the ammonium-maker.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. degensii ( Huber and Stetter 1996, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case noun degensii, of Degens, honoring Egon T. Degens.)
 * A. thiophilus ( Miroshnichenko et al. 2008, ; Greek noun theion (θέω) (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; New Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective thiophilus, sulfur-loving.)

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

Etymology
The name Amnibacterium derives from: Latin noun amnis -is, a river; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a staff, rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Amnibacterium, a rod associated with a river.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. kyonggiense ( Kim and Lee 2011, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin neuter gender adjective kyonggiense, of or belonging to Kyonggi University, Republic of Korea.)

Amoebobacter
Amoebobacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Amoebobacter derives from:
 * Greek noun amoibē (Latin transliteration amoeba), change, transformation; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Amoebobacter, changeable rod.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. pedioformis ( Eichler and Pfennig 1987, ;: Greek noun pedion, a plain, a flat area; Latin adjective suffix -formis -is -e (from Latin noun forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; New Latin masculine gender adjective pedioformis, flat shaped.)
 * A. pendens ( (Molisch 1906) Pfennig and Tr&uuml;per 1971, species.;: Latin participle adjective pendens, hanging.)
 * A. purpureus ( Eichler and Pfennig 1989, ;: Latin masculine gender adjective purpureus, purple or purple-red.)
 * A. roseus ( Winogradsky 1888, species. (Type species of the genus).;: Latin masculine gender adjective roseus, rosy, rose-colored, pink.)

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

Etymology
The name Amorphosporangium derives from: Greek adjective amorphos, without form, shapeless; New Latin neuter gender noun sporangium (from Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed and, in biology, a spore; Greek noun angeion, vessel), sporangium; New Latin neuter gender noun Amorphosporangium, irregularly shaped sporangium.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. auranticolor ( Couch 1963, species. (Type species of the genus).;)
 * A. globisporum ( Thiemann 1967, species.;)

Amphibacillus
Amphibacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Amphibacillus derives from: Greek pref. amphi, both sides or double; Latin dim. noun bacillus, a small rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Amphibacillus, rod capable of both aerobic and anaerobic growth.

Species
The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. fermentum ( Zhilina et al. 2002, ; Latin noun fermentum, that which causes fermentation, ferment.)
 * A. jilinensis ( Wu et al. 2010, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective jilinensis, of or pertaining to Jilin, a province of north-east China, from which the sample that yielded the type strain was collected.)
 * A. sediminis ( An et al. 2007, ; Latin genitive case noun sediminis, of a sediment.)
 * A. tropicus ( Zhilina et al. 2002, ; Latin masculine gender adjective tropicus, tropical, an organism isolated from a tropical lake.)
 * A. xylanus ( Niimura et al. 1990, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective xylanus, pertaining to xylan.)

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

Etymology
The name Ampullariella derives from: Latin noun ampulla, flask, bottle; Latin feminine gender suff. -ella, diminutive ending; New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Ampullariella (sic), a small bottle, to indicate bottle-shaped sporangia.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. campanulata ( (Couch 1963) Couch 1964, species.; New Latin dim. noun campanella, small bell; Latin feminine gender suff. -ata, suffix denoting provided with; New Latin feminine gender adjective campanulata, bell shaped.)
 * A. digitata ( (Couch 1963) Couch 1964, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective digitata, having fingers.)
 * A. lobata ( (Couch 1963) Couch 1964, species.; New Latin feminine gender adjective lobata, lobed; referring to lobed sporangia.)
 * A. regularis ( (Couch 1963) Couch 1964, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender adjective regularis, of or belonging to a bar, regular.)

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

Etymology
The name Amycolata derives from: Greek prefix a, not; Greek noun mukēs -ētos, mushroom or other fungus; Latin feminine gender -ata, suffix used in adjectives meaning provided with; New Latin feminine gender noun Amycolata, not having mycolates (&alpha;-branched, &beta;-hydroxy long-chain fatty acids).

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. alni ( Evtushenko et al. 1989, ; Latin genitive case noun alni, of alder, referring to the isolation of the type strain and some other strains from alder associations.)
 * A. autotrophica ( (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986, (Type species of the genus).; Greek pron. autos (αὐτός), himself; New Latin feminine gender adjective trophica (from Greek feminine gender adjective trophikē), nursing, tending or feeding; New Latin feminine gender adjective autotrophica, self-nourishing, referring to the ability to grow at the expense of H2 and CO2.)
 * A. hydrocarbonoxydans ( (Nolof and Hirsch 1962) Lechevalier et al. 1986, ; Greek noun húdōr (ὕδωρ), water; Latin noun carbo -onis, coal, charcoal; New Latin participle adjective oxydans, oxidizing; New Latin participle adjective hydrocarbonoxydans, oxidizing hydrocarbons.)
 * A. saturnea ( (Hirsch 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986, ; Latin noun saturnus, Saturn, Roman god of seed sowing; New Latin feminine gender adjective saturnea, pertaining to Saturn, referring to the colonies which have a Saturnian shape.)

Anaerobacillus
Anaerobacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerobacillus derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν)-, not; Greek noun aer, air; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, a rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Anaerobacillus, anaerobic rod.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. alkalidiazotrophicus ( (Sorokin et al. 2008) Zavarzina et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al qaliy), soda ash; New Latin masculine gender adjective diazotrophicus, feeding on dinitrogen; New Latin masculine gender adjective alkalidiazotrophicus, alkaliphile fixing dinitrogen..)
 * A. alkalilacustris ( corrig. Zavarzina et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al the; Arabic noun qaliy ashes of saltwort) alkali; New Latin masculine gender adjective lacustris belonging to a lake; New Latin masculine gender adjective alkalilacustris intended to mean alkaliphile from lake.)
 * A. arseniciselenatis ( (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Zavarzina et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun arsenicum, arsenic; New Latin noun selenas -atis, selenate; New Latin genitive case noun arseniciselenatis, of arsenic (and) selenate.)

Anaerobaculum
Anaerobaculum is a genus in the phylum Synergistetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerobaculum derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Latin neuter gender noun baculum, small stick; New Latin neuter gender noun Anaerobaculum, rod which grows in the absence of air.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. mobile ( Menes and Mux&iacute; 2002, ; Latin neuter gender adjective mobile, movable, motile.)
 * A. thermoterrenum ( Rees et al. 1997, (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), warm, hot; Latin adjective terrenus, of or belonging to the earth; New Latin neuter gender adjective thermoterrenum, from hot earth, describing the site of isolation.)

Anaerolinea
Anaerolinea is a genus in the phylum Chloroflexi (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerolinea derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek masculine gender noun aer, air; Latin feminine gender noun linea, line; New Latin feminine gender noun Anaerolinea, line-shaped not living in air.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. thermolimosa ( Yamada et al. 2006, ; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), hot; Latin adjective limosus, muddy, pertaining to sludge; New Latin feminine gender adjective thermolimosa, living in thermophilic sludge.)
 * A. thermophila ( Sekiguchi et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), hot; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective thermophila, heat-loving.)

Anaerostipes
Anaerostipes is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerostipes derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Latin masculine gender noun stipes, a log, trunk, stick; New Latin masculine gender noun Anaerostipes, a stick not living in air.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. butyraticus ( Eeckhaut et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun butyras -atis, butyrate; Latin masculine gender suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to, related to; New Latin masculine gender adjective butyraticus, related to butyrate, i.e. producing butyrate.)
 * A. caccae ( Schwiertz et al. 2002, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun kakkē, human ordure, feces: New Latin genitive case noun caccae, of feces.)

Anaerovibrio
Anaerovibrio is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerovibrio derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Latin v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; New Latin masculine gender noun vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); New Latin masculine gender noun Anaerovibrio, vibrio not living in air.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. burkinabensis ( Ouattara et al. 1992, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective burkinensis, pertaining to Burkina Faso, the place from which the organism was isolated.)
 * A. glycerini ( Schauder and Schink 1996, ; New Latin noun glycerinum, glycerine, glycerol; New Latin genitive case noun glycerini, of glycerol, referring to utilization of glycerol as sole substrate.)
 * A. lipolyticus ( corrig. Hungate 1966, species. (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun lipos, fat; New Latin masculine gender adjective lyticus (from Greek masculine gender adjective lutikos (λυτικός)), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin masculine gender adjective lipolyticus, fat-dissolving.)

Aneurinibacillus
Aneurinibacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Aneurinibacillus derives from: New Latin noun aneurinum, thiamine; Latin dim. noun bacillus, small rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Aneurinibacillus, thiamine-decomposing small rod.

Species
The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. aneurinilyticus ( corrig. (Shida et al. 1994) Shida et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun aneurinum, thiamine; New Latin adjective lyticus (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός)), able to dissolve; New Latin masculine gender adjective aneurinolyticus, decomposing thiamine.)
 * A. danicus ( Goto et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective danicus, Danish, pertaining to Denmark.)
 * A. migulanus ( (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective migulanus, pertaining to Migula, referring to the German bacteriologist W. Migula, who contributed to bacterial taxonomy.)
 * A. terranovensis ( Allan et al. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective terranovensis, referring to Terra Nova Bay Station (Italy), northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, where the strains were first isolated.)
 * A. thermoaerophilus ( (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997, ; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), hot; Greek masculine gender noun aer, air; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective thermoaerophilus, loving heat air, i.e., thermophilic and aerobic.)

Anoxybacillus
Anoxybacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anoxybacillus derives from: Greek prefix an (ἄν), without; Greek adjective oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, small rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Anoxybacillus, small rod that lives without oxygen.

Species
The genus contains 14 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. amylolyticus ( Poli et al. 2006, ; Greek noun amulon, starch; Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός), able to dissolve; New Latin masculine gender adjective amylolyticus, starch-dissolving.)
 * A. ayderensis ( Dulger et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ayderensis, pertaining to Ayder, a hot spring in the province of Rize, Turkey, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. bogrovensis ( Atanassova et al. 2008, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective bogrovensis, pertaining to Bogrov region, referring to the place of isolation of the type strain.)
 * A. contaminans ( De Clerck et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender participle adjective contaminans, polluting, spoiling, contaminating.)
 * A. eryuanensis ( Zhang et al. 2011, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective eryuanensis, pertaining to Eryuan, Yunnan province, south-west China, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. flavithermus ( Pikuta et al. 2000, ; Latin adjective flavus, yellow; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), warm; New Latin masculine gender adjective flavithermus, to indicate a yellow thermophilic organism.)
 * A. gonensis ( Belduz et al. 2003, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective gonensis, pertaining to Gonen, a hot spring in the province of Balikesir, Turkey, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. kamchatkensis ( Kevbrin et al. 2006, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective kamchatkensis, pertaining to Kamchatka penninsula, Far East Russia.)
 * A. kestanbolensis ( Dulger et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective kestanbolensis, pertaining to Kestanbol, Turkey, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. pushchinoensis ( corrig. Pikuta et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective pushchinoensis, pertaining to Pushchino, a research center near Moscow, Russia, where the organism was isolated.)
 * A. salavatliensis ( Cihan et al. 2011, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective salavatliensis, of or belonging to Salavatli, a locality in Aydin province of Turkey, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. tengchongensis ( Zhang et al. 2011, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective tengchongensis, pertaining to Tengchong, Yunnan province, south-west China, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. voinovskiensis ( Yumoto et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective voinovskiensis, from Voinovskie, referring to the Voinovskie Hot Springs, the place of isolation.)

Aquaspirillum
Aquaspirillum is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Aquaspirillum derives from: Latin noun aqua, water; Latin noun spira, a spiral; New Latin neuter gender dim. noun spirillum, a small spiral; New Latin dim. neuter gender noun Aquaspirillum, a small water spiral.

Species
The genus contains 19 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. anulus ( (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin masculine gender noun anulus (nominative in apposition), a ring.)
 * A. aquaticum ( Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective aquaticum, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic.)
 * A. arcticum ( Butler et al. 1990, ; Latin neuter gender adjective arcticum, northern, arctic, pertaining to the Arctic, where the species was first isolated.)
 * A. autotrophicum ( Aragno and Schlegel 1978, species.; Greek pron. autos (αὐτός), self; Greek adjective trophikos, nursing, tending; New Latin neuter gender adjective autotrophicum, self-nursing.)
 * A. bengal ( Kumar et al. 1974, species.; New Latin noun bengal, Bengal (isolated from a freshwater pond in West Bengal).)
 * A. delicatum ( (Leifson 1962) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective delicatum, delicate.)
 * A. dispar ( Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective dispar, unlike, different.)
 * A. fasciculus ( Strength et al. 1976, species.; Latin masculine gender dim. noun fasciculus, a small bundle.)
 * A. giesbergeri ( (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; New Latin genitive case noun giesbergeri, of Giesberger, researcher who had made a great contribution to the study of heterotrophic spirilla.)
 * A. gracile ( (Canale-Parola et al. 1966) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective gracile, thin, slight, slender.)
 * A. itersonii ( (Giesberger 1936) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun itersonii, of Iterson, named after G. Van Iterson, a Dutch bacteriologist.)
 * A. itersonii ( subsp. itersonii (Giesberger 1936) Hylemon et al. 1973, subspecies.; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun itersonii, of Iterson, named after G. Van Iterson, a Dutch bacteriologist.)
 * A. itersonii ( subsp. nipponicum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979, subspecies.; New Latin neuter gender adjective nipponicum, pertaining to the country of Japan.)
 * A. magnetotacticum ( Maratea and Blakemore 1981, ; Latin noun magnes -etis, a magnet; New Latin pref. magneto-, pertaining to a magnet; New Latin adjective tacticus -a -um (from Latin v. tango, to move), showing orientation or movement directed by a force or agent; New Latin neuter gender adjective magnetotacticum, capable of orientation with respect to a magnet.)
 * A. metamorphum ( (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; New Latin neuter gender adjective metamorphum, changing.)
 * A. peregrinum ( (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective peregrinum, strange, foreign.)
 * A. peregrinum ( subsp. integrum (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979, subspecies.;: Latin neuter gender adjective integrum, unchanged, referring to failure to form coccoid bodies.)
 * A. peregrinum ( subsp. peregrinum (Pretorius 1963) Hylemon et al. 1973, subspecies.; Latin neuter gender adjective peregrinum, strange, foreign.)
 * A. polymorphum ( (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; New Latin neuter gender adjective polymorphum (from Greek adjective polumorphos -on), having many shapes, polymorphous.)
 * A. psychrophilum ( (Terasaki 1973) Terasaki 1979, species.; Greek adjective psuchros, cold; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective psychrophilum, cold loving.)
 * A. putridiconchylium ( (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin adjective putridus, putrid, rotten, decayed; Latin noun conchylium, a shellfish; New Latin noun putridiconchylium, decayed shellfish.)
 * A. serpens ( (M&uuml;ller 1786) Hylemon et al. 1973, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective serpens (from Latin v. serpo), creeping, crawling.)
 * A. sinuosum ( (Williams and Rittenberg 1957) Hylemon et al. 1973, species.; Latin neuter gender adjective sinuosum, full of curves.)

Aquimarina
Aquimarina is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Aquimarina derives from: Latin feminine gender noun aqua, water; Latin feminine gender adjective marina, marine; New Latin feminine gender noun (New Latin feminine gender adjective used as a substantive) aquimarina, an organism of the sea water.

Species
The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. brevivitae ( (Yoon et al. 2006) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, ; Latin adjective brevis, short; Latin genitive case noun vitae, of life; New Latin genitive case noun brevivitae, of a short life, referring to the short-lived cultures of the type strain.)
 * A. intermedia ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, ; Latin feminine gender adjective intermedia, intermediate, referring to the level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with its closest relatives.)
 * A. latercula ( (Lewin 1969) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, ; Latin masculine gender dim. noun laterculus, a small brick; New Latin feminine gender adjective latercula, brick-like, brick-red colour.)
 * A. macrocephali ( Miyazaki et al. 2010, ; New Latin genitive case noun macrocephali, of macrocephalus, isolated from sediment adjacent to carcasses of Physeter macrocephalus, a sperm whale.)
 * A. muelleri ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun muelleri, of M&uuml;ller, in honour of Otto Friedrich M&uuml;ller (1730-1784), the famous Danish naturalist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.)
 * A. spongiae ( Yoon et al. 2011, ; Latin genitive case noun spongiae, of a sponge, pertaining to the source of the type strain.)

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

Etymology
The name Arachnia derives from: Greek noun arachnion, spider&#39;s web; New Latin feminine gender noun Arachnia, referring to filamentous microcolonies.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. propionica ( (Buchanan and Pine 1962) Pine and Georg 1969, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun acidum propionicum, propionic acid; Latin feminine gender suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; New Latin feminine gender adjective propionica, pertaining to propionic acid.)

Arenibacter
Arenibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Arenibacter derives from: Latin feminine gender noun arena, sand; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Arenibacter, sand-dwelling rod.

Species
The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. certesii ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun certesii, of Certes, to honour A. Certes for his contribution to the development of marine microbiology.)
 * A. echinorum ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Latin genitive case pl. noun echinorum, of sea urchins.)
 * A. latericius ( Ivanova et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective latericius, made or consisting of bricks, here pertaining to the dark orange pigmentation.)
 * A. nanhaiticus ( Sun et al. 2010, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective nanhaiticus, of or pertaining to Nanhai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, the site where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. palladensis ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective palladensis, pertaining to Pallada Bay, where the first strains where isolated.)
 * A. troitsensis ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective troitsensis, pertaining to Troitsa Bay, from where the organism was isolated.)

Aspromonas
Aspromonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Aspromonas derives from: Greek adjective aspros, white; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Aspromonas, a white monad.

Members of the genus Aspromonas can be referred to as aspromonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. composti ( Jin et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun compostum -i, compost; New Latin genitive case noun composti, of compost.)

Aureispira
Aureispira is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Aureispira derives from:
 * Latin adjective aureus, golden; Latin feminine gender noun spira, a spiral; New Latin feminine gender noun Aureispira, golden spiral.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. marina ( Hosoya et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin feminine gender adjective marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.)
 * A. maritima ( Hosoya et al. 2007, ; Latin feminine gender adjective maritima, of the sea, marine, inhabiting marine environments.)

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

Etymology
The name Aureobacterium derives from: Latin adjective aureus, golden; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a small rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Aureobacterium, a golden small rod.

Species
The genus contains 14 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. arabinogalactanolyticum ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; New Latin noun arabinogalactanum, arabinogalactan, polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis; New Latin neuter gender adjective lyticum (from Greek neuter gender adjective lutikon), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin neuter gender adjective arabinogalactanolyticum, arabinogalactan dissolving.)
 * A. barkeri ( (ex Dias et al. 1962) Collins et al. 1983, nom. rev., ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun barkeri, of Barker, named for H.A. Barker, an American biochemist.)
 * A. esteraromaticum ( (Omelianski 1923) Yokota et al. 1993, ; New Latin noun ester, ester; Latin neuter gender adjective aromaticum, aromatic, fragrant; New Latin neuter gender adjective esteraromaticum, smelling sweet due to esters.)
 * A. flavescens ( (Lochhead 1958) Collins et al. 1983, ; Latin v. flavescere, to become golden yellow; Latin participle adjective flavescens, becoming golden yellow.)
 * A. keratanolyticum ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; New Latin noun keratanum, keratan, sulfur-containing polysaccharide produced by mammals; New Latin neuter gender adjective lyticum (from Greek neuter gender adjective lutikon), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin neuter gender adjectivekeratanolyticum, keratan dissolving.)
 * A. liquefaciens ( (ex Orla-Jensen 1919) Collins et al. 1983, nom. rev., (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective liquefaciens, dissolving.)
 * A. luteolum ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; Latin neuter gender adjective luteolum yellowish.)
 * A. resistens ( Funke et al. 1998, ; Latin participle adjective resistens, being resistant, referring to the vancomycin resistance which is very unusual for coryneform bacteria.)
 * A. saperdae ( (Lysenko 1959) Collins et al. 1983, ; New Latin genitive case noun saperdae, of Saperda (scientific name of a genus of insects), isolated from Saperda caracharias.)
 * A. schleiferi ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun schleiferi of Schleifer, named after K.H. Schleifer, a German microbiologist who contributed to the elucidation of the primary structure of peptidoglycan and to taxonomic studies of the strains belonging to this species.)
 * A. terrae ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; Latin noun terra, soil; Latin genitive case noun terrae, of soil.)
 * A. terregens ( (Lochhead and Burton 1953) Collins et al. 1983, ; Latin noun terra, soil; Latin participle adjective egens, requiring; New Latin participle adjective terregens, soil-requiring.)
 * A. testaceum ( (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Collins et al. 1983, ; Latin neuter gender adjective testaceum, brick-colored.)
 * A. trichothecenolyticum ( Yokota et al. 1993, ; New Latin noun trichothecenum, trichothecene, a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Trichothecium roseum; New Latin neuter gender adjective lyticum (from Greek neuter gender adjective lutikon), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin neuter gender adjective trichothecenolyticum, trichothecene decomposing.)

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

Etymology
The name Austwickia derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun Austwickia, named in honor of Peter K.C. Austwick, a botanist who proposed the family Dermatophilaceae.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. chelonae ( (Masters et al. 1995) Hamada et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chelonae, of a turtle or tortoise, the source of the first isolates.)

Azomonotrichon
Azomonotrichon is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Azomonotrichon derives from:
 * not found.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. macrocytogenes ( (Jensen 1955) Thompson and Skerman 1981, (Type species of the genus).;: Greek adjective makros, length, large; Greek noun kutos, hollow, vessel, jar and, in biology, a cell; New Latin suff. -genes (from Greek v. gennaō (γεννάω), to produce), producing; New Latin participle adjective macrocytogenes, large cell producing.)

Azospirillum
Azospirillum is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Azospirillum derives from: New Latin noun azotum [from Fr. noun azote (from Greek prep. a, not; Greek noun zōē, life; N.Greek noun azōē, not sustaining life)], nitrogen; New Latin pref. azo-, pertaining to nitrogen; Latin noun spira, a spiral; New Latin dim. neuter gender noun spirillum, a small spiral; New Latin neuter gender noun Azospirillum, a small nitrogen spiral.

Species
The genus contains 14 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * A. amazonense ( Magalh&atilde;es et al. 1984, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective amazonense, pertaining to the Amazon region of Brazil, South America.)
 * A. brasilense ( corrig. Tarrand et al. 1979, species.; New Latin neuter gender adjective brasilense, pertaining to the country of Brazil, South America.)
 * A. canadense ( Mehnaz et al. 2007, ;: New Latin neuter gender adjective canadense, pertaining to Canada, the region of isolation, referring to its isolation from Canadian soil.)
 * A. doebereinerae ( Eckert et al. 2001, ; New Latin genitive case feminine gender noun doebereinerae, of D&ouml;bereiner, in honor of Johanna D&ouml;bereiner, who isolated and characterized many Azospirillum spp., and other diazotrophic plant-associated bacteria.)
 * A. halopraeferens ( Reinhold et al. 1987, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Latin v. praefere, to prefer; New Latin participle adjective halopraeferens, salt preferring.)
 * A. irakense ( Khammas et al. 1991, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective irakense, pertaining to the country of Iraq.)
 * A. largimobile ( corrig. (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997, ; New Latin adv. largo (from Italian adv. largo; from Latin adjective largus), in a very slow tempo (musical); Latin adjective mobilis -is -e, movable, mobile; New Latin neuter gender adjective largimobile, moving in a very slow manner.)
 * A. lipoferum ( (Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979, species. (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun lipos, animal fat, lard, tallow; Latin suff. -ferus -a -um (from Latin v. fero, to carry), bringing, bearing; New Latin neuter gender adjective lipoferum, fat bearing.)
 * A. melinis ( Peng et al. 2006, ; New Latin noun melinis, genus name of stinkgrass, Melinis minutiflora Beauv.; New Latin genitive case noun melinis, from stinkgrass, referring to its frequent occurrence in association with molasses grass.)
 * A. oryzae ( Xie and Yokota 2005, ; Latin genitive case noun oryzae, of rice, from where the type strain was isolated.)
 * A. picis ( Lin et al. 2009, ; Latin genitive case feminine gender noun picis, of pitch, tar.)
 * A. rugosum ( Young et al. 2008, ; Latin neuter gender adjective rugosum, wrinkled, as the form of the colonies on the agar changes to a wrinkled appearance.)
 * A. thiophilum ( Lavrinenko et al. 2010, ; Greek noun theion (θέω) (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek masculine gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective thiophilum, sulfur-loving.)
 * A. zeae ( Mehnaz et al. 2007, ; Latin genitive case noun zeae, of spelt, of Zea mays, referring to its isolation from rhizosphere soil of corn (Zea mays).)

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

Etymology
The name Bacterionema derives from: New Latin noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a rod; Greek neuter gender noun nēma, a thread; New Latin neuter gender noun Bacterionema, a thread-shaped (long) rod.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. matruchotii ( (Mendel 1919) Gilmour et al. 1961, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun matruchotii, of Matruchot, named for professor Matruchot, a French mycologist.)

Bacteriovorax
Bacteriovorax is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bacteriovorax derives from: Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); Latin adjective vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; New Latin masculine gender noun Bacteriovorax, devourer of bacteria.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. litoralis ( Baer et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore, pertaining to the coast.)
 * B. marinus ( Baer et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, of the sea, marine.)
 * B. starrii ( (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun starrii, of Starr, named after M.P. Starr, an investigator of the bdellovibrios.)
 * B. stolpii ( (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender genitive case noun stolpii, of Stolp, named after the American microbiologist Stolp.)

Bactoderma
Bactoderma is a genus in the phylum (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bactoderma derives from:

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. alba ( Tepper and Korshunova 1973, species. (Type species of the genus).;)
 * B. rosea ( (Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933) Tepper and Korshunova 1973, species.;)

Balneimonas
Balneimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Balneimonas derives from: Latin noun balneum, bath, a place for bathing; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Balneimonas, bathhouse (-inhabiting) monad.

Members of the genus Balneimonas can be referred to as balneimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. flocculans ( corrig. Takeda et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender participle adjective flocculans, flocculating.)

Barnesiella
Barnesiella is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Barnesiella derives from:
 * New Latin dim. feminine gender noun Barnesiella, named after the British microbiologist Ella M. Barnes, who has contributed much to our knowledge of intestinal bacteriology and anaerobic bacteriology in general.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. intestinihominis ( Morotomi et al. 2008, ; Latin genitive case noun intestini, of the intestine; Latin genitive case noun hominis, of a human being; New Latin genitive case noun intestinihominis, of the human intestine.)
 * B. viscericola ( Sakamoto et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin noun viscus visceris, intestine; Latin suff. noun -cola (from Latin noun incola), inhabitant; New Latin feminine gender noun viscericola, inhabitant of the intestine.)

Beneckea
Beneckea is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Beneckea derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun Beneckea, named for W. Benecke, the German bacteriologist who was the first to isolate chitin-decomposing bacteria.

Species
The genus contains 11 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. alginolytica ( (Miyamoto et al. 1961) Baumann et al. 1971, species.; New Latin noun acidum alginicum, alginic acid; New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective alginolytica, alginic acid-dissolving.)
 * B. campbellii ( Baumann et al. 1971, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case noun campbelli, of Campbell, named to honor LatinLatin Campbell, an American bacteriologist.)
 * B. gazogenes ( (ex Harwood 1978) Harwood et al. 1980,, nom. rev.; New Latin noun gazum (from Fr. noun gaz, probably derived from Gk.  noun khaos  &quot;empty space&quot;), gas; New Latin suff. -genes (from Greek v. gennaō (γεννάω), to produce), producing; New Latin adjective gazogenes, gas-producing.)
 * B. harveyi ( (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Reichelt and Baumann 1973, species.; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun harveyi, of Harvey; named to honor E.N. Harvey, a biologist who was a pioneer in the systematic study of bioluminescence.)
 * B. natriegens ( (Payne et al. 1961) Baumann et al. 1971, species.; New Latin natrium, sodium; Latin participle adjective egens, needing, being in need; New Latin participle adjective natriegens, sodium-requiring.)
 * B. nereis ( corrig. (ex Baumann et al. 1971) Harwood et al. 1980,, nom. rev.; Latin noun nereis, a sea nymph.)
 * B. nigripulchritudo ( corrig. Baumann et al. 1971, species.; Latin adjective niger, black; Latin noun pulchritudo, a beauty; New Latin noun nigripulchritudo, a black beauty, which refers to its striking blue-black colonies.)
 * B. parahaemolytica ( (Fujino et al. 1951) Baumann et al. 1971, species.; Greek prep. para, by the side of, beside; Greek noun haima (Latin transliteration haema) blood; New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek masculine gender adjective lutikē), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective parahaemolytica, similar to (Pasteurella) haemolytica (now Mannheimia haemolytica).)
 * B. pelagia ( Baumann et al. 1971, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective pelagia, of or belonging to the sea.)
 * B. splendida ( (Beijerinck 1900) Reichelt et al. 1979, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective splendida, brilliant.)
 * B. vulnifica ( Reichelt et al. 1979, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective vulnifica, wound-making, wound-inflicting.)

Bibersteinia
Bibersteinia is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bibersteinia derives from:
 * New Latin feminine gender noun Bibersteinia, bacterial genus named after Ernst Latin Biberstein, who did much of the early characterization work on this organism, including the creation of the serotyping scheme and some of the earliest DNA-DNA relatedness studies that indicated the unique nature of this taxon.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. trehalosi ( (Sneath and Stevens 1990) Blackall et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: New Latin noun trehalosum, trehalose; New Latin genitive case noun trehalosi, of trehalose, pertaining to trehalose.)

Blastobacter
Blastobacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Blastobacter derives from: Greek noun blastos, bud shoot; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Blastobacter, a budding rod.

Species
The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. aggregatus ( Hirsch and M&uuml;ller 1986, ; Latin masculine gender participle adjective aggregatus, added to, joined together, referring to the frequent formation of rosettes.)
 * B. capsulatus ( Hirsch and M&uuml;ller 1986, ; Latin noun capsula, a small box or chest; Latin masculine gender suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; New Latin masculine gender adjective capsulatus, with a chest, capsulated.)
 * B. denitrificans ( Hirsch and M&uuml;ller 1986, ;)
 * B. henricii ( Zavarzin 1961, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun henricii, of Henrici; named for A. Henrici, an American microbiologist who may have been the first to see bacteria belonging to the genus Blastobacter.)
 * B. natatorius ( Sly 1985, ; Latin mas. adjective natatorius, of or belonging to a swimmer, that serves to swim with, natatory; intended to mean pertaining to a swimming place (pool).)

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

Etymology
The name Blastococcus derives from: Greek noun blastos, bud, shoot; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Blastococcus, budding coccus.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. aggregatus ( Ahrens and Moll 1970, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender participle adjective aggregatus, added to, joined together, referring to the tendency to form coccoid aggregates.)
 * B. jejuensis ( Lee 2006, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju, Republic of Korea, the site from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * B. saxobsidens ( Urz&igrave; et al. 2004, ; Latin neuter gender noun saxum, rock; Latin participle adjective obsidens, staying, remaining, occupying; New Latin masculine gender participle adjective saxobsidens, rock-occupying.)

Blastomonas
Blastomonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Blastomonas derives from: Greek noun blastos, bud shoot; Greek feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Blastomonas, a budding monad.

Members of the genus Blastomonas can be referred to as blastomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. natatoria ( (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender adjective natatoria, of or belonging to a swimmer, that serves to swim with, natatory; intended to mean pertaining to a swimming place (pool).)
 * B. ursincola ( (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000, ; Latin noun ursus, bear; Latin noun incola, inhabitant, dweller; New Latin noun ursincola, intended top mean neighbor or compatriot of bears.)

Bowmanella
Bowmanella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bowmanella derives from: New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Bowmanella, named after John P. Bowman, to honour his work in marine microbiology.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. denitrificans ( Jean et al. 2006, (type species of the genus).; New Latin v. denitrificare, to denitrify; New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)
 * B. pacifica ( Lai et al. 2009, ; Latin feminine gender adjective pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.)

Brachymonas
Brachymonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Brachymonas derives from:
 * Greek adjective brachus, short; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), a monad, unit; New Latin feminine gender noun Brachymonas, a small short unit.

Members of the genus Brachymonas can be referred to as brachymonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. chironomi ( Halpern et al. 2009, ; New Latin genitive case noun chironomi, of Chironomus, named after the non-biting midge insect from the genus Chironomus (Chironomidae: Diptera) from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * B. denitrificans ( Hiraishi et al. 1995, (Type species of the genus).;: New Latin participle adjective denitrificans, denitrifying.)

Branhamella
Branhamella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Branhamella derives from:
 * New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Branhamella, named in honor of Sara Branham, who contributed to the knowledge of the Neisseria family.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. catarrhalis ( (Frosch and Kolle 1896) Catlin 1970, species. (Type species of the genus).;: Latin noun catarrhus, a flowing down, the catarrh, rheum; Latin feminine gender suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; New Latin feminine gender adjective catarrhalis, pertaining to a catarrh.)

Bryobacter
Bryobacter is a genus in the phylum Acidobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bryobacter derives from: Greek neuter gender noun bruon, moss; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Bryobacter, rod-shaped moss-associated bacterium.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. aggregatus ( Kulichevskaya et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender participle adjective aggregatus, joined together, referring to the frequent formation of cell aggregates.)

Bulleidia
Bulleidia is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Bulleidia derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun Bulleidia, named to honor Arthur Bulleid, a distinguished British oral microbiologist.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely B. extructa ( Downes et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Latin (sic) feminine gender adjective extructa, slow, referring to the slow growth of the organism.)

Buttiauxella
Buttiauxella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Buttiauxella derives from: New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Buttiauxella, named after Ren&eacute; Buttiaux, a French microbiologist for his numerous contributions to the taxonomy of Enterobacteriaceae.

Species
The genus contains 7 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * B. agrestis ( Ferragut et al. 1982, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender adjective agrestis, pertaining to land, fields; intended to mean living in the fields, so named because all original strains were isolated from unpolluted soils and water.)
 * B. brennerae ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin feminine gender genitive case noun brennerae, of Brenner, in honor of Frances W. Hickman-Brenner, an American microbiologist, for her contributions to the study of many genera of the Enterobacteriaceae.)
 * B. ferragutiae ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin feminine gender genitive case noun ferragutiae, of Ferragut, in honor of Carmen Ferragut, a French microbiologist, for her contribution to the study of the genus Buttiauxella, previously called Enteric Group 63.)
 * B. gaviniae ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin feminine gender genitive case noun gaviniae, of Gavini, in honor of Fran&ccedil;oise Gavini, a French microbiologist, for her contributions to the study of the genus Buttiauxella, previously called Enteric Group 64.)
 * B. izardii ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin masculine gender genitive case noun izardii, of Izard, in honor of Daniel Izard, a French microbiologist, for his contribution to the study of the genus Buttiauxella.)
 * B. noackiae ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin feminine gender genitive case noun noackiae, of Noack, in honor of Katrin Noack, who phenotypically characterized the Buttiauxella strains, previously called Enteric Group 59.)
 * B. warmboldiae ( M&uuml;ller et al. 1996, ; New Latin feminine gender genitive case warmboldiae, of Warmbold, in honor of Sabine Warmbold, who isolated most strains of the new Buttiauxella species at the Staatliches Medizinaluntersuchungsamt Braunschweig.)

Caedibacter
Caedibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caedibacter derives from: Latin noun caedes -is, a killing, slaughter, carnage, massacre, a murderous attack; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Caedibacter, the bacterium which kills.

Species
The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. caryophilus ( corrig. Schmidt et al. 1987, ; G. noun karuon, nut, kernel (in biology, nucleus); New Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek feminine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective caryophilus, nucleus loving.)
 * C. paraconjugatus ( Quackenbush 1982, ; Greek prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; Latin masculine gender participle adjective conjugatus, joined together, united; also the specific epithet of a mate killer (Pseudocaedibacter conjugatus); New Latin masculine gender participle adjective paraconjugatus, similar to (Pseudocaedibacter) conjugatus, similar to mate killers.)
 * C. pseudomutans ( Quackenbush 1982, ; Greek adjective pseudēs, false; Latin participle adjective mutans, altering, changing; New Latin participle adjective pseudomutans, false changing, referring to the fact that it was once thought to be a mutant of Caedibacter taeniospiralis (Dippell, 1950).)
 * C. taeniospiralis ( (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982,, nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun tainia (Latin transliteration taenia), a band, ribbon; New Latin adjective spiralis (from Latin noun spira, coil; and Latin suff. alis -is -e, suffix denoting pertaining to), coiled; New Latin masculine gender adjective taeniospiralis, coiled ribbon.)
 * C. varicaedens ( Quackenbush 1982, ; Latin adjective varius, different, diverse, various; Latin v. caedo, to kill; New Latin participle adjective varicaedens, killing in different ways.)

Caenibacterium
Caenibacterium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caenibacterium derives from: Latin noun caenum, mud, sludge; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Caenibacterium, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from sludge.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. thermophilum ( Manaia et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun thermē (θέρμη), warm; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective thermophilum, loving warmth, thermophilic.)

Caldalkalibacillus
Caldalkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caldalkalibacillus derives from: Latin adjective caldus, hot; New Latin noun alkali, alkali; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, small rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Caldalkalibacillus, bacillus living under hot and alkaline conditions.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. thermarum ( Xue et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case pl. noun thermarum, of warm springs.)
 * C. uzonensis ( Zhao et al. 2008, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective uzonensis, pertaining to the isolation habitat of the type strain, the Uzon Caldera, east of Mt Uzon in Kamchatka, in Far East Russia.)

Caldanaerobacter
Caldanaerobacter is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caldanaerobacter derives from: Latin adjective caldus, hot; Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod, staff; New Latin masculine gender noun Caldanaerobacter, rod that grows in the absence of air at high temperatures.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. subterraneus ( (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective subterraneus, underground, subterranean, describing its site of isolation.)
 * C. subterraneus ( subsp. pacificus (Sokolova et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective pacificus, peaceful; pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, from the western part of which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. subterraneus ( subsp. subterraneus (Fardeau et al. 2000) Fardeau et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective subterraneus, underground, subterranean, describing its site of isolation.)
 * C. subterraneus ( subsp. tengcongensis (Xue et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective tengcongensis, pertaining to Tengcong, China.)
 * C. subterraneus ( subsp. yonseiensis (Kim et al. 2001) Fardeau et al. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective yonseiensis, pertaining to Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in recognition of its support of research on extreme thermophiles and their thermos (θερμός)table enzymes.)
 * C. uzonensis ( Kozina et al. 2010, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective uzonensis, pertaining to the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far-East Russia, from where the type strain was isolated.)

Caldanaerovirga
Caldanaerovirga is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caldanaerovirga derives from: Latin adjective caldus, hot; Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, air; Latin feminine gender noun virga, rod; New Latin feminine gender noun Caldanaerovirga, rod that grows in the absence of air at elevated temperatures.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. acetigignens ( Wagner et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun acetum, vinegar, used to refer to acetic acid; Latin v. gignere, to produce; New Latin participle adjective acetigignens, vinegar- or acetic acid-producing.)

Calderobacterium
Calderobacterium is a genus in the phylum Aquificae (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Calderobacterium derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun caldera (from the Portuguese noun caldera), cauldron; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a small rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Calderobacterium, a rod living in a cauldron.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. hydrogenophilum ( Kryukov et al. 1984, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin hydrogenum (from Greek noun húdōr (ὕδωρ), water; and Greek v. gennaō (γεννάω), to produce), hydrogen, an element; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek neuter gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective hydrogenophilum, hydrogen loving.)

Caldithrix
Caldithrix is a genus in the phylum Deferribacteres (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caldithrix derives from: Latin adjective caldus, hot; Greek feminine gender noun thrix, thread; New Latin feminine gender noun Caldithrix, a thread existing in a hot environment.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. abyssi ( Miroshnichenko et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depth of the ocean.)
 * C. palaeochoryensis ( Miroshnichenko et al. 2010, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective palaeochoryensis, pertaining to Palaeochory Bay in Greece, where the type strain was isolated.)

Caloramator
Caloramator is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Caloramator derives from: Latin noun calor, heat; Latin masculine gender noun amator, lover; New Latin masculine gender noun Caloramator, heat lover.

Species
The genus contains 7 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. australicus ( Ogg and Patel 2009, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective australicus, pertaining to Australia, from where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. coolhaasii ( Plugge et al. 2000, ; New Latin genitive case coolhaasii, of Coolhaas, named after Caspar Coolhaas, a Dutch microbiologist, who was the first to describe thermophilic protein degradation under methanogenic conditions.)
 * C. fervidus ( (Patel et al. 1987) Collins et al. 1994, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective fervidus, hot)
 * C. indicus ( Chrisostomos et al. 1996, ; L masculine gender adjective indicus, Indian, of India, the country from which the organism was isolated.)
 * C. mitchellensis ( Ogg and Patel 2011, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective mitchellensis, of or pertaining to the Mitchell bore in QLD, Australia, from which the strain was isolated.)
 * C. proteoclasticus ( Tarlera et al. 1997, ; New Latin neuter gender noun proteinum, protein; New Latin adjective clasticus -a -um (from Greek adjective klastos -ē -on, broken in pieces), breaking; New Latin masculine gender adjective proteoclasticus, protein breaking.)
 * C. viterbiensis ( corrig. Seyfried et al. 2002, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective viterbiensis, of or pertaining to Viterbium (Viterbo) in Italy, the region from which the strain was isolated.)

Calymmatobacterium
Calymmatobacterium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Calymmatobacterium derives from: Greek noun kalumma, a head-covering, hood, veil; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a small rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Calymmatobacterium, the sheathed rodlet.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. granulomatis ( Arag&atilde;o and Vianna 1913, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin dim. noun granulum, a small grain; New Latin noun granuloma, a granuloma; New Latin genitive case noun granulomatis, of a granuloma.)

Capsularis
Capsularis is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Capsularis derives from: Latin noun capsula, a small box or chest; Latin masculine gender suff. -aris, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L masculine gender noun Capsularis, intended to mean a capsulated bacterium.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. zoogleoformans ( corrig. (Weinberg et al. 1937) Pr&eacute;vot 1938, species. (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective zōos, alive, living; Greek masculine gender noun gloios, any glutinous substance, gum, glue; New Latin feminine gender noun zoogleoea, inhabitant of glue, zoogloea; Latin participle adjective formans, forming; New Latin participle adjective zoogleoformans, forming zoogloea (pertaining to the glutinous mass produced in broth cultures).)

Carboxydibrachium
Carboxydibrachium is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Carboxydibrachium derives from: New Latin noun carboxydum, carbon monoxide; New Latin neuter gender noun brachium (from Greek neuter gender noun brachiōn), arm, branch; New Latin neuter gender noun Carboxydobrachium, CO branch, i.e. CO-utilizing, branching bacterium.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. pacificum ( corrig. Sokolova et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Latin neuter gender adjective pacificum, peaceful; referring to the Pacific Ocean, from the western part of which the type strain was isolated.)

Carboxydothermus
Carboxydothermus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Carboxydothermus derives from: New Latin noun carboxydum, carbon monoxide; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), hot; New Latin masculine gender noun Carboxydothermus, utilizing carbone monoxide and living in hot places.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. ferrireducens ( (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006, ; Latin noun ferrum, iron; Latin participle adjective reducens, converting to a different state; New Latin participle adjective ferrireducens, reducing (ferric) iron.)
 * C. hydrogenoformans ( Svetlichny et al. 1991, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin hydrogenum (from Greek noun húdōr (ὕδωρ), water; and Greek v. gennaō (γεννάω), to produce), hydrogen, an element; Latin participle adjective formans, forming; New Latin participle adjective hydrogenoformans, hydrogen- forming.)
 * C. siderophilus ( Slepova et al. 2009, ; Greek noun sideros, iron; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective siderophilus, iron-loving.)

Anaerovirgula
Anaerovirgula is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Anaerovirgula derives from:
 * Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Latin feminine gender noun virgula, a small rod; New Latin feminine gender noun Anaerovirgula, an anaerobic small rod.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. multivorans ( Pikuta et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin adjective multus, many; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; New Latin participle adjective multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates.)

Carnobacterium
Carnobacterium is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Carnobacterium derives from: Latin noun caro carnis, flesh; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a small rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Carnobacterium, flesh rodlet.

Species
The genus contains 11 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. alterfunditum ( Franzmann et al. 1993, ; Latin adjective alter, another; Latin adjective funditus, from the bottom, and a bacterial specific epithet; New Latin neuter gender adjective alterfunditum, another [Carnobacterium] funditum.)
 * C. divergens ( (Holzapfel and Gerber 1984) Collins et al. 1987, (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective divergens, deviating, diverging.)
 * C. funditum ( Franzmann et al. 1993, ; Latin neuter gender adjective funditum, from the bottom.)
 * C. gallinarum ( Collins et al. 1987, ; Latin noun gallina, a hen; Latin genitive case pl. noun gallinarum, of hens.)
 * C. inhibens ( J&ouml;born et al. 1999, ; Latin participle adjective inhibens, inhibiting, referring to the growth-inhibitory activity that the bacterium shows.)
 * C. jeotgali ( Kim et al. 2009, ; New Latin genitive case noun jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood.)
 * C. maltaromaticum ( (Miller et al. 1974) Mora et al. 2003, ; New Latin neuter gender noun maltum, malt; Latin adjective aromaticus -a -um, aromatic, fragrant; New Latin neuter gender adjective maltaromaticum, possessing a malt-like aroma.)
 * C. mobile ( Collins et al. 1987, ; Latin neuter gender adjective mobile, movable, motile.)
 * C. piscicola ( (Hiu et al. 1984) Collins et al. 1987, ; Latin noun piscis, fish; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola), inhabitant dweller; New Latin noun piscicola, fish-dweller.)
 * C. pleistocenium ( Pikuta et al. 2005, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective pleistocenium, belonging to the Pleistocene, a geological epoch.)
 * C. viridans ( Holley et al. 2002, ; Latin participle adjective viridans, making green, referring to the production of a green color in cured meat by the organism.)

Cyclobacterium
Cyclobacterium is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Cyclobacterium derives from:
 * Greek noun kuklos, a circle; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Cyclobacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. amurskyense ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective amurskyense, of or belonging to Amursky Bay, from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. lianum ( Ying et al. 2006, ;: New Latin neuter gender adjective lianum, pertaining to Li, named in honour of Professor Ji-Lun Li, who devoted himself to microbiological research and education in China.)
 * C. marinum ( corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin neuter gender adjective marinum, of the sea, marine.)

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

Etymology
The name Caseobacter derives from: Latin noun caseus, cheese; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Caseobacter, cheese rod.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. polymorphus ( Crombach 1978, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective polymorphus (from Greek adjective polumorphos -on), having many shapes, multiform.)

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

Etymology
The name Catellatospora derives from: Latin noun catella, a small chain; Greek feminine gender noun spora (σπορά), a seed and in biology a spore; New Latin feminine gender noun Catellatospora, (organism forming) small chain of spores.

Species
The genus contains 9 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. bangladeshensis ( Ara and Kudo 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective bangladeshensis, of or pertaining to Bangladesh, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. chokoriensis ( Ara and Kudo 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective chokoriensis, of or pertaining to Chokoria, Bangladesh, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. citrea ( Asano and Kawamoto 1986, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender adjective citrea, of or pertaining to the citrus-tree, intended to mean lemon yellow.)
 * C. citrea ( subsp. citrea Asano and Kawamoto 1986, ; Latin feminine gender adjective citrea, of or pertaining to the citrus-tree, intended to mean lemon yellow.)
 * C. citrea ( subsp. methionotrophica Asano and Kawamoto 1988, ; New Latin noun methioninum, methionine; Greek adjective trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; New Latin feminine gender adjective methionotrophica, methionine auxotroph.)
 * C. coxensis ( Ara and Kudo 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective coxensis, of or pertaining to Cox&#39;s Bazar, Bangladesh, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. ferruginea ( Asano and Kawamoto 1986, ;: Latin feminine gender adjective ferruginea, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.)
 * C. koreensis ( Lee et al. 2000, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective koreensis, of or pertaining to Korea (pertaining to Korean soil from which the organism was isolated).)
 * C. matsumotoense ( (sic) Asano et al. 1989, ; According to Asano et al. 1989, the etymology is the following: Latin deriv. matsumotoense (sic) of Matsumoto Nagago, Japan, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. methionotrophica ( (Asano and Kawamoto 1988) Ara and Kudo 2006, ; New Latin noun methioninum, methionine; Greek adjective trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; New Latin feminine gender adjective methionotrophica, methionine auxotroph.)
 * C. tsunoense ( (sic) Asano et al. 1989, ; New Latin adjective tsunoense (sic), pertaining to Tsuno-gun, Yamaguchi, Japan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.)

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

Etymology
The name Catenulispora derives from: Latin feminine gender noun catenula, small chain; Greek feminine gender noun spora (σπορά), seed, and in biology a spore; New Latin feminine gender noun Catenulispora, a thin chain of spores.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. acidiphila ( Busti et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective acidiphila, acid-loving.)
 * C. rubra ( Tamura et al. 2007, ; Latin adjective ruber -bra -brum, red; Latin feminine gender adjective rubra, red.)
 * C. subtropica ( Tamura et al. 2008, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective subtropica, pertaining to subtropical zone, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. yoronensis ( Tamura et al. 2008, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective yoronensis, pertaining to Yoro Valley, Chiba, Japan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.)

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

Etymology
The name Catenuloplanes derives from: Latin feminine gender noun catenula, a short chain; Greek masculine gender noun planes, a wanderer; New Latin masculine gender noun Catenuloplanes, a short chain wanderer; intended to signify a motile short chain.'''

Species
The genus contains 7 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. atrovinosus ( Tamura et al. 1995, ; Latin adjective ater -tra -trum, dark; Latin masculine gender adjective vinosus, full of wine; New Latin masculine gender adjective atrovinosus, full of dark wine, dark wine color (red).)
 * C. castaneus ( Tamura et al. 1995, ; Latin masculine gender adjective castaneus, chestnut-colored.)
 * C. crispus ( (Petrolini et al. 1993) Kudo et al. 1999, ; Latin masculine gender adjective crispus, curled.)
 * C. indicus ( Tamura et al. 1995, ; Latin masculine gender adjective indicus, Indian, of or pertaining to India, where the organism was isolated.)
 * C. japonicus ( Yokota et al. 1993, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective japonicus, of or pertaining to Japan.)
 * C. nepalensis ( Tamura et al. 1995, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective nepalensis, of or pertaining to Nepal, where the organisms were isolated.)
 * C. niger ( Tamura et al. 1995, ; Latin masculine gender adjective niger, black, referring to the production of a black soluble pigment.)

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

Etymology
The name Cellulomonas derives from: New Latin noun cellulosum, cellulose; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Cellulomonas, cellulose monad.

Members of the genus Cellulomonas can be referred to as cellulomonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains 21 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. aerilata ( Lee et al. 2008, ; Latin noun aer aeris, air; Latin participle adjective latus -a -um, carried; New Latin feminine gender participle adjective aerilata, airborne.)
 * C. biazotea ( (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, species.; Latin prefix bis bi, twice; New Latin noun azotum [from Fr. noun azote (from Greek prep. a, not; Greek noun zōē, life; N.Greek noun azōē, not sustaining life)], nitrogen; Latin feminine gender suff. -ea, suffix used with various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to; New Latin feminine gender adjective biazotea, two nitrogen sources utilized (i.e., organic and inorganic).)
 * C. bogoriensis ( Jones et al. 2005, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective bogoriensis, pertaining to Lake Bogoria, Kenya.)
 * C. cartae ( Stackebrandt and Kandler 1980, ; New Latin genitive case noun cartae, of Carta, named after G.R. Carta, the first to isolate this organism.)
 * C. cellasea ( (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, species.; New Latin noun cellulosum, cellulose; Latin feminine gender suff. -ea, suffix used with various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to; New Latin feminine gender adjective cellasea, pertaining to cellulose.)
 * C. cellulans ( (Metcalf and Brown 1957) Stackebrandt and Keddie 1988, ; New Latin participle adjective cellulans, cell-making.)
 * C. chitinilytica ( Yoon et al. 2008, ; New Latin noun chitinum, chitin; New Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective chitinilytica, decomposing chitin.)
 * C. composti ( Kang et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun compostum, compost; New Latin genitive case noun composti, of compost.)
 * C. denverensis ( Brown et al. 2005, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective denverensis, pertaining to Denver, of Denver, Colorado, the city of origin of the type strain.)
 * C. fermentans ( Bagnara et al. 1985, ;: Latin participle adjective fermentans, fermenting.)
 * C. fimi ( (McBeth and Scales 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, species.; Latin noun fimus, dung, manure; Latin genitive case noun fimi, of dung.)
 * C. flavigena ( (Kellerman and McBeth 1912) Bergey et al. 1923, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin adjective flavus yellow; Latin suff. genus -a -um (from Latin v. gigno, to produce, give birth to, beget), producing; New Latin feminine gender adjective flavigena, yellow-producing.)
 * C. gelida ( (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective gelida, icy cold, very cold.)
 * C. hominis ( Funke et al. 1996, ; Latin genitive case noun hominis, of man, indicating that the isolates described by Funke et al. 1996 are derived from humans and not from the environment.)
 * C. humilata ( corrig. (Gledhill and Casida 1969) Collins and Pascual 2000, ; Latin noun humus, soil; Latin participle adjective latus -a -um, borne; New Latin feminine gender adjective humilata, soil-borne.)
 * C. iranensis ( Elberson et al. 2000, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective iranensis, of or belonging to Iran, where the organism was isolated.)
 * C. persica ( Elberson et al. 2000, ; Latin feminine gender adjective persica, Persian, of or belonging to Persia, classical name of Iran, where the organism was isolated.)
 * C. terrae ( An et al. 2005, ; Latin genitive case noun terrae, of the earth.)
 * C. turbata ( (Erikson 1954) Stackebrandt et al. 1983, ; Latin feminine gender adjective turbata, agitated.)
 * C. uda ( (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, species.; Latin feminine gender adjective uda, moist, wet.)
 * C. xylanilytica ( Rivas et al. 2004, ; New Latin noun xylanum, xylan a vegetal polymer, New Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective xylanilytica, xylan-dissolving.)

Cellulophaga
Cellulophaga is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Cellulophaga derives from: New Latin noun cellulosum, cellulose; Greek v. phagein, to eat; New Latin feminine gender noun Cellulophaga, eater of cellulose.

Species
The genus contains 7 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. algicola ( Bowman 2000, ; Latin feminine gender noun alga, a seaweed; Latin suffix -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), a dweller; New Latin feminine gender noun algicola, an alga dweller.)
 * C. baltica ( Johansen et al. 1999, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective baltica, pertaining to the Baltic Sea.)
 * C. fucicola ( Johansen et al. 1999, ; New Latin noun Fucus, seaweed genus;Latin suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola), inhabitant, dweller; New Latin feminine gender noun fucicola, Fucus-dweller.)
 * C. lytica ( (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē, able to loose, able to dissolve), loosening, dissolving.)
 * C. pacifica ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Latin feminine gender adjective pacifica, peaceful; referring to the Pacific Ocean, from which the organism was isolated.)
 * C. tyrosinoxydans ( Kahng et al. 2009, ; New Latin noun tyrosinum, tyrosine; New Latin participle adjective oxydans, oxidizing; New Latin participle adjective tyrosinoxydans, pertaining to the ability to oxidize tyrosine.)
 * C. uliginosa ( (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bowman 2000, ; Latin feminine gender adjective uliginosa, moist, marshy.)

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

Etymology
The name Cellulosimicrobium derives from: New Latin noun cellulosum, cellulose; New Latin noun microbium, microbe; New Latin neuter gender noun Cellulosimicrobium, cellulose microbe.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. cellulans ( (Metcalf and Brown 1957) Schumann et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin participle adjective cellulans, cell-making.)
 * C. funkei ( Brown et al. 2006, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun funkei, of Funke, to honour the contributions of Guido Funke, a distinguished microbiologist, who recognized the heterogeneity within the yellow-pigmented coryneform bacteria.)
 * C. terreum ( Yoon et al. 2007, ; Latin neuter gender adjective terreum, of the earth.)
 * C. variabile ( Bakalidou et al. 2002, ; Latin neuter gender adjective variabile, variable, as cells can be rods or cocci.)

Cetobacterium
Cetobacterium is a genus in the phylum Fusobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Cetobacterium derives from: Greek noun kētos, any sea-monster, whale; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, a rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Cetobacterium, a bacterium found in association with whales.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. ceti ( Foster et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun ceti, of a whale.)
 * C. somerae ( Finegold et al. 2003, ; New Latin genitive case feminine gender noun somerae, of Somer, to honour Hannele Jousimies-Somer, a Finnish microbiologist, in recognition of her important contributions to anaerobic bacteriology and to clinical microbiology.)

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

Etymology
The name Chainia derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun Chainia, named after Ernst Boris Mikaelovich Chain, a German/British microbiologist.

Species
The genus contains 13 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. antibiotica ( Thirumalachar 1955, species. (Type species of the genus).;)
 * C. flava ( Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964, species.;)
 * C. fumigata ( Thirumalachar et al. 1966, species.;)
 * C. kunmingensis ( Ruan et al. 1985, ;)
 * C. minutisclerotica ( Thirumalachar et al. 1965, species.;)
 * C. nigra ( Thirumalachar 1955, species.;)
 * C. ochracea ( Kuznetsov 1962, species.;)
 * C. olivacea ( Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964, species.;)
 * C. poonensis ( Thirumalachar 1960, species.;)
 * C. purpurogena ( Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964, species.;)
 * C. rosea ( Thirumalachar 1966, species.;)
 * C. rubra ( Thirumalachar 1955, species.;)
 * C. violens ( Kalakoutskii and Krasil&#39;nikov 1960, species.;)

Chelatobacter
Chelatobacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chelatobacter derives from: New Latin v. chelato (from Greek noun chele, claw), to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod or staff; New Latin masculine gender noun Chelatobacter, chelating rod.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. heintzii ( Auling et al. 1993, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case noun heintzii, of Heintz; named after the chemist W. Heintz who was the first to synthesize the chelating agent NTA (Heintz 1862, 1865) and to describe some of its properties.)

Chelatococcus
Chelatococcus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chelatococcus derives from: New Latin v. chelato (from Greek noun chele, claw), to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος)), berry and, in bacteriology, a coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Chelatococcus, chelating coccus.

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. asaccharovorans ( Auling et al. 1993, (Type species of the genus).; Greek pref. a, not; Greek noun sakch&acirc;r, sugar; Latin v. voro, to eat, to devour; New Latin participle adjective asaccharovorans, not devouring sugars.)
 * C. daeguensis ( Yoon et al. 2008, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective daeguensis, of Daegu, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. sambhunathii ( Panday and Das 2010, ; New Latin masculine gender genitive case noun sambhunathii, of Sambhunath, named after Dr Sambhunath De, an eminent microbiologist in India.)

Chimaereicella
Chimaereicella is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chimaereicella derives from: Latin adjective chimaereus, of or pertaining to the Chimaera (a mythological monster with the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the middle a goat); Latin feminine gender noun cella, chamber and in biology a cell; New Latin feminine gender noun Chimaereicella, a chimeric cell, a cell that lies between Algoriphagus and Hongiella.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. alkaliphila ( Tiago et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort, soda; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective alkaliphila, loving alkaline environments.)
 * C. boritolerans ( Ahmed et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun borum, boron; Latin participle adjective tolerans, tolerating; New Latin participle adjective boritolerans, boron-tolerating.)

Chitinilyticum
Chitinilyticum is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chitinilyticum derives from:
 * New Latin noun chitinum, chitin; New Latin adjective lyticus -a -um (from Greek adjective lutikos (λυτικός) -ē -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin neuter gender noun Chitinilyticum, chitin-dissolver.

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. aquatile ( Chang et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin neuter gender adjective aquatile, living in water.)
 * C. litopenaei ( Chang et al. 2009, ; New Latin noun Litopenaeus, the scientific name of a genus of shrimp; New Latin genitive case noun litopenaei, of Litopenaeus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a culture pond for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.)

Chitinimonas
Chitinimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chitinimonas derives from: New Latin neuter gender noun chitinum, chitin; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), unit, monad; New Latin feminine gender noun Chitinimonas, a chitin-utilizing monad.

Members of the genus Chitinimonas can be referred to as chitinimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. koreensis ( Kim et al. 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective koreensis, of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. taiwanensis ( Chang et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective taiwanensis, of Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.)

Chitinophaga
Chitinophaga is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Chitinophaga derives from: New Latin noun chitinum, chitin; Greek v. phagein, to eat; New Latin feminine gender noun Chitinophaga, chitin eater, chitin destroyer.

Species
The genus contains 12 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. arvensicola ( (Oyaizu et al. 1983) K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; New Latin adjective arvensis (from. Latin noun arvum, a field), belonging to, living in the fields; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola), inhabitant; New Latin noun arvensicola, an inhabitant of fields.)
 * C. filiformis ( (Reichenbach 1989) K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; Latin noun filum, a thread; Latin suff. -formis (from Latin noun forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; New Latin feminine gender adjective filiformis, thread-shaped.)
 * C. ginsengisegetis ( Lee et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun ginsengum, ginseng; Latin noun seges segetis, a field; New Latin genitive case noun ginsengisegetis, of a ginseng field, the source of the organism.)
 * C. ginsengisoli ( Lee et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun ginsengum, ginseng; Latin noun solum, soil; New Latin genitive case noun ginsengisoli, of soil of a ginseng field, the source of the organism.)
 * C. japonensis ( (Fujita et al. 1997) K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective japonensis, pertaining to Japan, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.)
 * C. niabensis ( Weon et al. 2009, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective niabensis, pertaining to NIAB, the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Suwon, Republic of Korea), where taxonomic studies were conducted.)
 * C. niastensis ( Weon et al. 2009, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective niastensis, pertaining to NIAST, the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (Suwon, Republic of Korea), where taxonomic studies were conducted.)
 * C. pinensis ( Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun pinus, a pine, pine-tree; New Latin feminine gender adjective pinensis, pertaining to pines.)
 * C. rupis ( Lee et al. 2009, ; Latin genitive case noun rupis, of a cliff, the location where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. sancti ( (Lewin 1969) K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; Latin genitive case noun sancti, of a saint; named perhaps in honor of Dr. Santos Soriano, from whose laboratory the type strain was supplied (etymology is not clear!).)
 * C. skermanii ( K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun skermanii, of Skerman, in honour of V. B. D. Skerman, an Australian microbiologist, in recognition of his numerous contributions to the taxonomy of micro-organisms.)
 * C. terrae ( Kim and Jung 2007, ; Latin genitive case noun terrae, of the earth.)

Citreimonas
Citreimonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Citreimonas derives from:
 * Latin noun citreum, lemon; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Citreimonas, a lemon-shaped monad.

Members of the genus Citreimonas can be referred to as citreimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. salinaria ( Choi and Cho 2006, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin feminine gender adjective salinaria, of or belonging to a salt-works.)

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

Etymology
The name Citricoccus derives from: Latin noun citrus, citrontree or citrus, an African tree; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Citricoccus, lemon-yellow-pigmented coccus.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. alkalitolerans ( Li et al. 2005, ; New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Latin participle adjective tolerans, tolerating; New Latin participle adjective alkalitolerans, referring to the ability of the organism to tolerate alkaline media.)
 * C. muralis ( Altenburger et al. 2002, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective muralis, pertaining or belonging to walls.)
 * C. parietis ( Sch&auml;fer et al. 2010, ; Latin genitive case noun parietis, of the wall of a house.)
 * C. zhacaiensis ( Meng et al. 2010, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective zhacaiensis, of or pertaining to zhacai, the Chinese name for preserved vegetables.)

Cohnella
Cohnella is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Cohnella derives from: New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Cohnella, named after Ferdinand Cohn, the German microbiologist who first described the bacterial genus Bacillus in 1872.

Species
The genus contains 12 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. damuensis ( corrig. Luo et al. 2010, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective damuensis, of or belonging to Damu, one of the villages in Tibet, China, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. fontinalis ( Shiratori et al. 2010, ; Latin feminine gender adjective fontinalis, of or from a fountain, referring to the isolation of the type strain from fresh water from a fountain.)
 * C. ginsengisoli ( Kim et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun ginsengum, ginseng; Latin noun solum, soil; New Latin genitive case noun ginsengisoli, of the soil of a ginseng field, the source of the type strain.)
 * C. hongkongensis ( K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong.)
 * C. laeviribosi ( Cho et al. 2007, ; Latin adjective laevus, left, on the left side; New Latin noun ribosum, ribose; New Latin genitive case noun laeviribosi, referring to L-ribose (isomerase), because the type strain exhibits L-ribose isomerization ability.)
 * C. luojiensis ( Cai et al. 2010, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective luojiensis, of or pertaining to Luojia hill, the site of the campus of Wuhan University, where the type strain was characterized.)
 * C. phaseoli ( Garc&iacute;a-Fraile et al. 2008, ; New Latin masculine gender noun Phaseolus, botanical genus name; New Latin genitive case noun phaseoli, of Phaseolus, referring to the isolation source of the type strain, nodules of Phaseolus coccineus.)
 * C. terrae ( Khianngam et al. 2010, ; Latin genitive case noun terrae, of the earth.)
 * C. thailandensis ( Khianngam et al. 2010, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective thailandensis, pertaining to Thailand, where the type strain was isolated.)
 * C. thermotolerans ( K&auml;mpfer et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun thermē (θέρμη), heat; Latin participle adjective tolerans, tolerating; New Latin participle adjective thermotolerans, able to tolerate high temperatures.)
 * C. xylanilytica ( Khianngam et al. 2010, ; New Latin noun xylanum, xylan; New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loose, dissolving; New Latin feminine gender adjective xylanilytica, xylan-dissolving.)
 * C. yongneupensis ( Kim et al. 2010, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective yongneupensis, pertaining to Yongneup, an upland wetland of the Republic of Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.)

Conglomeromonas
Conglomeromonas is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Conglomeromonas derives from: Latin v. conglomero, to roll together, conglomerate; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς / μονάδα), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin feminine gender noun Conglomeromonas, monad forming in a [rounded] mass.

Members of the genus Conglomeromonas can be referred to as conglomeromonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. largomobilis ( Skerman et al. 1983, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin adv. largo (from Italian adv. largo; from Latin adjective largus), in a very slow tempo (musical); Latin adjective mobilis -is -e, movable, mobile; New Latin neuter gender adjective largimobile, moving in a very slow manner.)

Congregibacter
Congregibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Congregibacter derives from: Latin adjective congregus -a -um, united in flocks; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Congregibacter, a rod that grows in flocks.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. litoralis ( Spring et al. 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore, pertaining to the habitat from where the organism was isolated.)

Coprothermobacter
Coprothermobacter is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Coprothermobacter derives from:

Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. platensis ( Etchebehere et al. 1998, ;)
 * C. proteolyticus ( (Ollivier et al. 1985) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993, (Type species of the genus).;)

Corallococcus
Corallococcus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Corallococcus derives from: Greek noun korallon, coral; Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), berry; New Latin masculine gender noun Corallococcus coral-shaped coccus (i.e. with coral-shaped fruiting bodies).

Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. coralloides ( (Thaxter 1892) Reichenbach 2007, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun korallon, coral; Latin suff. -oides [from Greek suff. -eides (from Greek noun eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure)], ressembling, similar; New Latin masculine gender adjective coralloides, coral-shaped.)
 * C. exiguus ( (ex Kofler 1913) Reichenbach 2007, nom. rev., ; Latin masculine gender adjective exiguus, small.)
 * C. macrosporus ( Reichenbach 2007, ; Greek adjective makros, long, large; Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed and in biology a spore; New Latin masculine gender adjective macrosporus, with large spore.)

Cowdria
Cowdria is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Cowdria derives from: New Latin feminine gender noun Cowdria, named for E. V. Cowdry, who first described the organism in heartwater diseases of sheep, goats, and cattle.

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. ruminantium ( (Cowdry 1925) Moshkovski 1947, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective ruminans -antis, ruminating; New Latin genitive case pl. noun ruminantium, of ruminants.)

Crinalium
Crinalium is a genus in the phylum Cyanobacteria (Bacteria).

Etymology
The name Crinalium derives from:

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. epipsammum ( De Winder et al. 1991, ; Greek prep. epi, upon; Greek noun psammos, sand; N.L neuter gender adjective epipsammum, on sand.)

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

Etymology
The name Cryobacterium derives from: Greek noun kruos, icy cold; Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, rod; New Latin neuter gender noun Cryobacterium, a cold [preferring] rod.

Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
 * C. mesophilum ( Dastager et al. 2008, ; Greek adjective mesos, middle; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective mesophilum, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic.)
 * C. psychrophilum ( (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997, nom. rev., (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective psuchros, cold; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek neuter gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective psychrophilum, cold loving.)
 * C. psychrotolerans ( Zhang et al. 2007, ;: Greek adjective psuchros, cold; Latin participle adjective tolerans, tolerating; New Latin participle adjective psychrotolerans, cold-tolerating.)
 * C. roopkundense ( Reddy et al. 2010, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective roopkundense, of or pertaining to Lake Roopkund, the area from where the type strain was isolated.)