| Agaricicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Agaricicola |
| Type species | |
| A. taiwanensis |
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Agaricicola is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Agaricicola derives from:
New Latin noun Agaricus, generic name of a mushroom; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), dweller; New Latin masculine gender noun Agaricicola, Agaricus-dweller, reflecting isolation of the first strain from Agaricus'' ''blazei (Murrill).
The genus contains a single species, namely A. taiwanensis ( Chu et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.)