Mahella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Thermoanaerobacterales
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Mahella

Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004[1]
Type species
Mahella australiensis
Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004
Species
  • M. australiensis

Mahella is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[2] The name Mahella derives from: Neo-Latin feminine gender dim. noun Mahella, named in honour of the American microbiologist Professor R.A. Mah, for his important contribution to the taxonomy of anaerobes.[3]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[3] namely M. australiensis ( Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective australiensis, related to Australia.)[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Abstract ijs.sgmjournals.org[dead link]
  2. ^ Classification of Genera MR in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  3. ^ a b Mahella in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  4. ^ Bonilla Salinas, Monica; Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Thomas, Pierre; Cayol, Jean-Luc; Patel, Bharat K. C.; Ollivier, Bernard (2004). "Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2169–2173. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02926-0. PMID 15545453.
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