Agromyces Lapidis

''Agromyces'' is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name ''Agromyces'' derives from:
Greek noun ''agros'', field or soil; New Latin masculine gender noun ''myces'' (from Greek masculine gender noun ''mukēs'' -''etis''), fungus; New Latin masculine gender noun ''Agromyces'', soil fungus.

Species

The genus contains 31 species, namely
* '' A. albus'' ( Dorofeeva ''et al''. 2003, ; Latin masculine gender adjective ''albus'', white, referring to the white colour of colonies.)
* '' A. allii'' ( Jung ''et al''. 2007, ;: New Latin genitive case noun ''allii'', of ''Allium'', referring to the source of isolation of the micro-organisms, the rhizosphere of ''Allium'' ''victorialis'' var. ''platyphyllum''.)
* '' A. atrinae'' ( Park ''et al''. 2010, ; New Latin noun ''Atrina'', zoological name for a genus of bivalve mollusc; New Latin genitive case noun ''atrinae'', of Atrina, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a fermented food prepared from ''Atrina'' ''pectinata'' (comb pen shell).)
* '' A. aurantiacus'' ( Li ''et al''. 2003, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''aurantiacus'', orange-coloured.)
* '' A. aureus'' ( Corretto et al. 2016 )
* '' A. bauzanensis'' ( Zhang ''et al''. 2010, ; Medieval Latin masculine gender adjective ''bauzanensis'', of or belonging to Bauzanum, the medieval Latin name of Bozen/Bolzano, a city in South Tyrol, Italy, from where the type strain was isolated.)
* '' A. binzhouensis'' ( Chen et al. 2016 )
* '' A. bracchium'' ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; Latin noun ''brachium'' (nominative in apposition), a branch of a tree, a twig, referring to the twig-like morphology.)
* '' A. cerinus'' ( Zgurskaya ''et al''. 1992, ; Latin masculine gender adjective ''cerinus'', waxcolored, yellow like wax.)
* '' A. flavus'' ( Chen et al. 2011 )
* '' A. fucosus'' ( Zgurskaya ''et al''. 1992, ; New Latin noun ''fucosum'', fucose; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''fucosus'' (''sic''), containing fucose in the cell wall.)
* '' A. hippuratus'' ( (Zgurskaya ''et al''. 1992) Ortiz-Martinez ''et al''. 2004, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''hippuratus'', pertaining to hippurate, relating to the ability to decompose hippurate.)
* '' A. humatus'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; Latin masculine gender participle adjective ''humatus'', buried.)
* '' A. indicus'' ( Dastager et al. 2012 )
* '' A. insulae'' ( Huang et al. 2016 )
* '' A. iriomotensis'' ( Hamada et al. 2014 )
* '' A. italicus'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; Latin masculine gender adjective ''italicus'', of or pertaining to Italy, of Italy, the origin of the type strain.)
* '' A. lapidis'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; Latin noun ''lapis'' -''idis'', a stone; Latin genitive case noun ''lapidis'', of a stone.)
* '' A. luteolus'' ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; Latin dim. masculine gender adjective ''luteolus'', yellowish.)
* '' A. marinus'' ( Hamada et al. 2015 )
* '' A. mediolanus'' ( (''ex'' Mamoli 1939) Suzuki ''et al''. 1996, nom. rev., ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''mediolanus'' (''sic''), of or belonging ''Mediolanum'', the old name of Milan, Italy.)
* '' A. neolithicus'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''neolithicus'', neolithic, referring to the origin of the neolithic paintings in Grotta dei Cervi, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.)
* '' A. ramosus'' ( Gledhill and Casida 1969, ''species''. (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective ''ramosus'', having many branches, much-branched.)
* '' A. rhizospherae'' ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001, ; New Latin ''rhiza'', root; Greek noun ''sphaira'', sphere; New Latin genitive case noun ''rhizospherae'', of the sphere of the root.)
* '' A. salentinus'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''salentinus'', of or pertaining to Salentine Peninsula, the location of Grotta dei Cervi, the area from which the organism was isolated.)
* '' A. soli'' ( Lee et al. 2011 )
* '' A. subbeticus'' ( Jurado ''et al''. 2005, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective ''subbeticus'', of or belonging to the Subbetic Mountain Range, southern Spain, where the Cave of Bats is located.)
* '' A. subtropicus'' ( Hamada et al. 2014 )
* '' A. terreus'' ( Yoon ''et al''. 2008, ; Latin masculine gender adjective ''terreus'', of the earth.)
* '' A. tropicus'' ( Thawai ''et al''. 2011, ; Latin masculine gender adjective ''tropicus'', tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to isolation from a tropical forest.)
* '' A. ulmi'' ( Rivas ''et al''. 2004, ; Latin genitive case noun ''ulmi'', of the elm tree, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism.)

See also

* Bacterial taxonomy
* Microbiology

References

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Microbacteriaceae
Bacteria genera