Agitococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).
Etymology The name Agitococcus derives from the Latin agito, to shake; and Neo-Latin coccus (from Greek (κόκκος), berry).
Species The genus contains a single species, namely Agitococcus lubricus (Franzmann and Skerman 1981), type species of the genus. The specific name is from the Latin lubricus, slippery.
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