Alishewanella is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (bacteria).

Etymology

The name Alishewanella derives from:Latin adjective and pronoun alius, other, another, different; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Shewanella, a bacterial genus name; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Alishewanella, the other Shewanella.

Species The genus contains seven species, namely: A. aestuarii (Roh et al. 2009, Latin genitive case noun aestuarii, of a tidal flat) A. agri (Kim et al. 2010, Latin genitive case noun agri, of a field) A. alkalitolerans (Sisinthy et al. 2018) A. fetalis (Fonnesbech Vogel et al, 2000, type species of the genus, Latin noun fetus young, offspring, Latin feminine gender suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to, Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective fetalis, pertaining to the fetus, from which the organism was isolated) A. jeotgali (Kim et al, 2009, Neo-Latin genitive case noun jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood) A. solinquinati (Kolekar et al. 2014) A. tabrizica (Tarhriz et al. 2012)

See also Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology

References