Aliivibrio

Aliivibrio
Aliivibrio fischeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Vibrionales
Family:	Vibrionaceae
Genus:	Aliivibrio Urbanczyk et al. 2007 emend. Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010.
Type species
A. fischeri

Aliivibrio is a genus of gram-negative bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota.

Etymology

The name Aliivibrio derives from: Latin alius, other, another, different; Neo-Latin Vibrio, a bacterial genus name, to give Aliivibrio, the other Vibrio.

Species

The genus contains:

• A. finisterrensis ( Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010; Neo-Latin finisterrensis, pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named the place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world.)
• A. fischeri ( (Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, (type species of the genus).; named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria.)
• A. logei ( (Harwood et al. 1980) Urbanczyk et al. 2007; Neo-Latin logei, of Loge; from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief.)
• A. salmonicida ( (Egidius et al. 1986) Urbanczyk et al. 2007; Latin noun salmo -onis, salmon; cida (from Latin caedo, to cut or kill), murderer, killer; salmonicida, salmon killer.)
• A. sifiae ( Yoshizawa et al. 2011; Neo-Latin sifiae, of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow color of the luminescence).)
• A. wodanis ( (Lunder et al. 2000) Urbanczyk et al. 2007; Neo-Latin wodanis, of Wodan, the Norse god of art, culture, war and the dead, because its closest relative, Vibrio logei (Aliivibrio logei), also a cold-water vibrio.)

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

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