List of bacterial genera named after institutions explained

See also: Bacterial taxonomy. Several bacterial species are named after institutions, including acronyms which are spelled as they would be read; e.g., CDC becomes Ce+de+ce+a.The names are changed in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.^[1]

• Afipia – AFIP (Armed Force Institute of Pathology), USA
• Basfia – BASF SE (a chemical company in Ludwigshafen, Germany)
• Cedecea – CDC (Centers for Disease Control), USA
• Deefgea – DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German Science Foundation), Germany
• Desemzia – DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen), Germany
• Emticicia – MTCC (Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank), India
• Iamia – IAM (Institute of Applied Microbiology at the University of Tokyo), Japan
• Ideonella – Ideon Research Center, University of Lund, Sweden
• Inhella – Inha University, Korea
• Kaistella – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kaistia – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kistimonas – KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kordia – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kordiimonas – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kribbella – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Kribbia – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Lonepinella – Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (a private zoo), Australia
• Mameliella – MME laboratory (Marine microbial ecology laboratory), China
• Mesonia – MES (Marine Experimental Station of the Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Niabella – NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology), Korea
• Niastella – NIAST (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology), Korea
• Nubsella – NUBS (Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences), Japan
• Pibocella – PIBOC (Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Rikenella – RIKEN (Rikagaku Kenkyusho; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan
• Rudaea – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Rudanella – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Sciscionella – SCISCIO (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology), China
• Stakelama – State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Science, China
• Tistrella – TISTR (Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research), Thailand
• Waddlia – WADDL (Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic-Laboratory), USA
• Woodsholea – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA
• Yimella – YIM (Yunnan Institute of Microbiology), China
• Yokenella – Kokuritsu-yoboueisei-kenkyusho (National Institute of Disease Prevention and Health), Japan

See also

• List of bacterial genera named after geographical names
• List of bacterial genera named after personal names
• List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures
• list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
• List of Bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders
• List of sequenced prokaryotic genomes
• List of clinically important bacteria
• List of sequenced archaeal genomes
• List of Archaea genera
• Synonym (taxonomy)
• Taxonomy
• LPSN, list of accepted bacterial and archaeal names

Notes and References

1. Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes. Microbiología (Sociedad Española de Microbiología), 1996, 12, 473-475. Web site: H.G. Trüper: Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes . 2011-04-14 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007162154/http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/trueper.html . 2011-10-07 .