List of bacterial genera named after institutions

Several bacterial species are named after institutions, including acronyms which are spelled as they would be read; e.g., CDC becomes Ce+de+ce+a. The names are changed in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.^[1]

• Afipia – AFIP (Armed Force Institute of Pathology), USA
• Basfia – BASF SE (a chemical company in Ludwigshafen, Germany)
• Cedecea – CDC (Centers for Disease Control), USA
• Deefgea – DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German Science Foundation), Germany
• Desemzia – DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen), Germany
• Emticicia – MTCC (Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank), India
• Iamia – IAM (Institute of Applied Microbiology at the University of Tokyo), Japan
• Ideonella – Ideon Research Center, University of Lund, Sweden
• Inhella – Inha University, Korea
• Kaistella – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kaistia – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kistimonas – KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology ), Korea
• Kordia – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kordiimonas – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kribbella – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Kribbia – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Lonepinella – Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (a private zoo), Australia
• Mameliella – MME laboratory (Marine microbial ecology laboratory), China
• Mesonia – MES (Marine Experimental Station of the Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Niabella – NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology), Korea
• Niastella – NIAST (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology), Korea
• Nubsella – NUBS (Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences), Japan
• Pibocella – PIBOC (Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Rikenella – RIKEN (Rikagaku Kenkyusho; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan
• Rudaea – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Rudanella – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Sciscionella – SCISCIO (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology), China
• Stakelama – State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Science, China
• Tistrella – TISTR (Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research), Thailand
• Waddlia – WADDL (Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic-Laboratory), USA
• Woodsholea – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA
• Yimella – YIM (Yunnan Institute of Microbiology), China
• Yokenella – Kokuritsu-yoboueisei-kenkyusho (National Institute of Disease Prevention and Health), Japan

See also

• List of bacterial genera named after geographical names
• List of bacterial genera named after personal names
• List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures
• list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
• List of Bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders
• List of sequenced prokaryotic genomes
• List of clinically important bacteria
• List of sequenced archaeal genomes
• List of Archaea genera
• Synonym (taxonomy)
• Taxonomy
• LPSN, list of accepted bacterial and archaeal names

References

• names after institutions entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]

1. Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes. Microbiología (Sociedad Española de Microbiología), 1996, 12, 473-475. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/trueper.html