List of bacterial genera named after personal names

Many bacterial species are named after people, either the discoverer or a famous person in the field of microbiology. For example, Salmonella is named after D.E. Salmon, who discovered it (albeit as "Bacillus typhi"^[1]).^[2]

For the generic epithet, all names derived from people must be in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.^[3]

For the specific epithet, the names can be converted into either adjectival form (adding -nus (m.), -na (f.), -num (n.) according to the gender of the genus name) or the genitive of the Latinised name.^[3]

• Adlercreutzia – , a Finnish professor
• Afifella – , a British philosopher and painter
• Agreia – , a Russian microbiologist
• Ahrensia – , a German microbiologist
• Akkermansia – Antoon Akkermans (1940–2006), a Dutch microbiologist
• Allisonella – , an American microbiologist
• – , a Japanese bacteriologist
• Anderseniella – , a French bacteriologist
• – André Romain Prévot (1894–1982), a French bacteriologist
• Asaia – Toshinobu Asai (1902–1975), a Japanese bacteriologist
• – Toshinobu Asai (1902–1975), a Japanese bacteriologist
• Asanoa – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Austwickia – , a New Zealand botanist
• Barnesiella – , British microbiologist
• Bartonella – Alberto L. Barton, Peruvian physician
• – , an Australian microbiologist
• Beggiatoa – , a physician of Vicenza
• Beijerinckia – Martinus W. Beijerinck, a Dutch microbiologist
• Belliella – , a Swedish aquatic microbiologist
• Belnapia – Jayne Belnap, an American microbiologist
• – , a German bacteriologist
• Bergeriella – , a German bacteriologist
• Bergeyella – David Hendricks Bergey, an American bacteriologist
• Bermanella – , an Israeli aquatic microbial ecologist
• Bhargavaea – Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, an Indian biologist
• Bibersteinia – , an American bacteriologist
• Bizionia – Bartolomeo Bizio, an Italian naturalist
• – , a German microbiologist
• Bordetella – Jules Bordet, a Belgian microbiologist
• – , an Indian scientist
• Borrelia – Amédée Borrel, a French scientist
• Bosea – J. C. Bose, the founder of the Bose Institute
• Bowmanella – , an Australian microbiologist
• Brackiella – , a German pathologist
• Branhamella – Sara Branham, an American microbiologist
• Brenneria – , an American bacteriologist
• Brucella – Sir David Bruce, a Scottish physician
• Buchnera – Paul Buchner, a German biologist
• Bulleidia – Arthur Bulleid, a British oral microbiologist
• Burkholderia – W. H. Burkholder, an American bacteriologist
• Buttiauxella – , a French bacteriologist
• Castellaniella – Sir Aldo Castellani, a British-Italian bacteriologist
• Catonella – , a United States microbiologist
• Chainia – , a German/British microbiologist
• – , an American biologist
• Cobetia – , an American bacteriologist
• Cohnella – Ferdinand Cohn, a German microbiologist
• Collinsella – , a British microbiologist
• Colwellia – Rita R. Colwell, an American bacteriologist
• Costertonia – , an American bacteriologist
• – , an American mycologist
• Cowdria – , an American rickettsiologist
• Coxiella – Herald R. Cox, an American microbiologist
• Crabtreella – , an American microbiologist
• Crossiella – , a British microbiologist
• Dasania – Dasan, a Korean scientist
• – , a Belgian microbiologist
• Derxia – , a Dutch microbiologist
• Devosia – Paul De Vos, a Belgian microbiologist
• – , a Belgian veterinary microbiologist
• Dickeya – Robert S. Dickey, an American phytopathologist
• Dietzia – , an American microbiologist
• – , a Chinese bacteriologist and bacterial taxonomist
• Dorea – , a French microbiologist
• Dubosiella – René Dubos, an American microbiologist^[4]
• Duganella – , an American microbiologist
• Dyella – , a New Zealand microbiologist
• Edwardsiella – Philip R. Edwards (1901-1966), an American bacteriologist
• Eggerthella – , an American bacteriologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• Ehrlichia – Paul Ehrlich, a German bacteriologist
• Eikenella – , a Scandinavian biologist
• – , an Israeli microbiologist
• Elizabethkingia – Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist
• Erwinia – Erwin Frink Smith, an American bacteriologist
• Escherichia – Theodor Escherich, a German physician
• Euzebya – , a French bacteriologist
• – , a French bacteriologist
• Ewingella – William H. Ewing, an American bacteriologist
• Facklamia – , an American bacteriologist
• – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Finegoldia – , an American bacteriologist
• Francisella – , an American bacteriologist
• Frankia – Albert Bernhard Frank, a Swiss microbiologist
• – , a Belgian microbiologist
• Friedmanniella – E. Imre Friedmann, an American microbiologist
• – , a receiver of customs and zoologist (1782–1839) in Dieppe, France
• Garciella – Jean-Louis Garcia, a French microbiologist
• Gardnerella – , an American bacteriologist
• –  [de], a German bacteriologist
• – , a British forest pathologist
• Giesbergeria – , a Dutch microbiologist
• Gillisia – , a Belgian bacteriologist
• Goodfellowiella (in place of the illegitimate name Goodfellowia) – Michael Goodfellow, a British microbiologist
• Gordonia – Ruth E. Gordon, an American bacteriologist
• – Jeffrey I. Gordon, an American bacteriologist
• Grahamella – , a British microbiologist
• Gramella – Hans Christian Gram, a Danish pharmacologist and pathologist
• – , a French microbiologist
• – , a Swiss microbiologist
• – Calouste Gulbenkian, a Portuguese protector of the arts and sciences
• – , a Portuguese protector of the arts and sciences
• – Albert L. Barton, Peruvian physician
• Hahella – , a Korean bacteriologist
• Hallella – , a United States microbiologist
• Hamadaea – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Hansschlegelia – , a German microbiologist
• Henriciella – , an American microbiologist
• Hespellia – , an American microbiologist
• Hippea – , a German microbiologist
• Hirschia – Peter Hirsch, a German microbiologist
• Hoeflea – , a German microbiologist
• Holdemania – , an American microbiologist
• – , a French protistologist
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• – Bernard Howard, a New Zealand microbiologist
• – , a pioneer in the research for the protection of Altamira Cave paintings
• Hylemonella – , an American bacteriologist
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• Ignatzschineria (in place of the illegitimate name Schineria) – Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, an Austrian entomologist
• Imhoffiella – , a German microbiologist
• –
• Jannaschia – , a German microbiologist
• – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Jishengella – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Johnsonella – , a United States microbiologist
• Jonesia – , a British microbiologist
• Jonquetella – , a French clinician
• Joostella – , a South African bacteriologist
• - Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, an Indian aerospace scientist & 11th President of India.
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• Kerstersia – , a Belgian microbiologist
• Kingella – Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist
• Kitasatoa – Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist
• Kitasatospora – Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist
• Klebsiella – Edwin Klebs, a German bacteriologist
• Klugiella – , an American entomologist/microbiologist
• Kluyvera – Albert Jan Kluyver, a Dutch microbiologist
• Knoellia – Hans Knöll, a German pioneer in antibiotic research
• Kocuria – Miroslav Kocur, a Slovakian microbiologist
• – , an Austrian scientist
• – (1894-1971), an American bacteriologist
• Kozakia – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Krasilnikovia – Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasil'nikov, a Russian actinomycetologist
• – , an American microbiologist
• Kurthia – , a German bacteriologist
• Kushneria – Donn Kushner, an American Canadian scientist
• Allokutzneria – Donn Kushner, a Canadian microbiologist
• Kutzneria – , a German microbiologist
• Labedella – , an American bacteriologist
• Labrenzia – , a German marine microbiologist
• Laceyella – , a British microbiologist
• Larkinella – , an American microbiologist
• Lautropia – , a Danish bacteriologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• Leadbetterella – , an American microbiologist
• Lechevalieria – , an American microbiologist
• – , a French bacteriologist
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• Leeuwenhoekiella – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist
• Leifsonia – , an American microbiologist
• Leisingera – , a Swiss bacteriologist
• – , a French bacteriologist
• Lentzea – , a German microbiologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• Lewinella – Ralph Lewin, an American bacteriologist
• – Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese naturalist
• Listeria – Lord Lister, a British surgeon
• Listonella – , an American bacteriologist
• Loktanella – from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven
• Luedemannella – , a Russian actinomycetologist
• Mahella – , an American microbiologist
• Malikia – , a German microbiologist
• Mannheimia – , a German microbiologist
• Martelella – , a French explorer
• Marvinbryantia (in place of the illegitimate name Bryantella) – Marvin P. Bryant, an American microbiologist
• Millisia – , an Australian microbiologist
• – , a Japanese bacteriologist
• – , a Danish microbiologist
• Moorella – W. E. C. Moore, an American microbiologist
• Moraxella – Victor Morax, a Swiss ophthalmologist
• Morganella – (1863–1931), a British bacteriologist
• – , an American microbiologist
• – , an American microbiologist
• Moryella – , a French bacteriologist
• – , a British microbiologist
• – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Neisseria – Albert Neisser, a German bacteriologist
• – , a Ukrainian microbiologist
• Nicoletella – , a Swiss microbiologist
• Nocardia – Edmond Nocard, a French veterinarian and microbiologist
• Nocardioides, Nocardiopsis, Pseudonocardia:
• – , a Japanese taxonomist of actinomycetes
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• – , a Danish microbiologist
• – , a Danish microbiologist
• – , a British bacteriologist
• Olsenella – , a Norwegian microbiologist
• Orenia – , an Israeli bacteriologist
• Ottowia – , a German bacteriologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• Palleronia – , an American bacteriologist
• Pasteurella – Louis Pasteur, a French scientist
• Pasteuria – Louis Pasteur, a French scientist
• Pelczaria – , an American bacteriologist
• – Norbert Pfennig, a German bacteriologist
• – , a French microbiologist
• – Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist
• Prauserella – , a German microbiologist
• Prevotella – André Romain Prévot, a French bacteriologist
• Paraprevotella:
• Quinella – , a South African microbiologist
• – , a German-American microbiologist
• Ralstonia – , an American bacteriologist
• Raoultella – Didier Raoult, a French microbiologist
• Rathayibacter – , an Australian plant pathologist
• Reichenbachiella (in place of the illegitimate name Reichenbachia) – , a German microbiologist
• Rheinheimera – , a German marine microbiologist
• Rickettsia – Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist
• Neorickettsia – Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist
• Riemerella – Riemer.
• Robinsoniella – , an American microbiologist
• Rochalimaea – Henrique da Rocha-Lima, a Brazilian bacteriologist
• Roseburia – Theodor Rosebury, an American microbiologist
• Rothia – , an American bacteriologist
• – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Ruegeria – , a German microbiologist
• – , an American astrobiologist
• Salmonella – Daniel E. Salmon, a U.S. veterinary surgeon
• Samsonia – , a French phytobacteriologist
• – , an Italian microbiologist
• Aeriscardovia, , , :
• Schineria – Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, who first described the fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica
• – , a German microbiologist
• Schlesneria – , a German microbiologist
• Schumannella – , a German microbiologist
• – , a South African rumen physiologist
• – , a French bacteriologist
• Seinonella – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Seliberia – , a Russian microbiologist
• Serratia – Serafino Serrati, an Italian monk and physicist
• Sharpea – , a British bacteriologist
• Shewanella – J. M. Shewan, a British bacteriologist
• Alishewanella – J. M. Shewan, a British bacteriologist
• Shigella – Kiyoshi Shiga, a Japanese bacteriologist
• Shimazuella – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Shimia – , a Korean microbiologist
• Shimwellia – .
• Shinella – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Shuttleworthia – , a British microbiologist
• – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Simkania – Arbitrary name formed from the personal name
• – Hellmuth Simons, a German bacteriologist
• – , an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist
• – , an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist
• Slackia – , a British microbiologist and dental researcher
• – , an American microbiologist
• Sneathia – , a British bacteriologist
• Sneathiella – , a British bacteriologist
• – , a Dutch microbiologist
• Soonwooa – , a Korean microbiologist
• Stackebrandtia – , a German microbiologist
• Staleya – , an American microbiologist
• Stanierella – Roger Y. Stanier, a Canadian microbiologist
• Stappia – Stapp, a Belgian microbiologist
• Starkeya – , an American bacteriologist
• Stetteria – Karl Otto Stetter, a German biologist
• Sutterella – , an American bacteriologist
• Parasutterella – , an American bacteriologist
• – , a British bacteriologist
• – Swaminathan, an Indian biologist
• – , an American microbiologist
• – , a Thai bacteriologist
• – , an American microbiologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• Taylorella – , a British bacteriologist
• Terasakiella – , a Japanese microbiologist
• Thauera – , a German bacteriologist
• Thorsellia – Walborg Thorsell, a Swedish biologist
• Tindallia – , a British bacteriologist
• – , a German geologist
• – , a French bacteriologist
• – , a Japanese microbiologist
• – , a Brazilian bacteriologist
• Truepera – , a German bacteriologist
• Tsukamurella – , a Japanese microbiologist
• – , a British microbiologist
• – Hamao Umezawa, a Japanese bacteriologist
• – Federico Uruburu, a Spanish microbiologist
• Vasilyevaea – , a Russian microbiologist
• Veillonella – (1864-1931), a French bacteriologist
• – , a German microbiologist
• – , an Israeli bacteriologist
• Wautersia – , a Belgian microbiologist
• Wautersiella – , a Belgian microbiologist
• Weeksella – , an American bacteriologist
• Weissella – , a German bacteriologist
• Wenxinia – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Wigglesworthia – , a British parasitologist
• – Stanley T. Williams, a British microbiologist
• Winogradskyella – , a Russian microbiologist
• Wolbachia – Simeon B. Wolbach, an American bacteriologist
• Wolinella – , an American bacteriologist
• Xiangella – , a Chinese microbiologist^[5]
• Yangia – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Yaniella (in place of the illegitimate name Yania) – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Yersinia – Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist
• Yonghaparkia – , a Korean microbiologist
• Yuhushiella – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Zavarzinella – , a Russian bacteriologist
• Zavarzinia – , a Russian bacteriologist
• Zhangella – , a Chinese biochemist
• Zhihengliuella – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Zhouia – , a Chinese microbiologist
• Zimmermannella – , a German microbiologist
• Zobellella – , an American bacteriologist
• Zobellia – , an American bacteriologist
• – , an American bacteriologist
• – , a Korean microbiologist
• Zunongwangia – , a Chinese microbiologist

See also[]

• LPSN, list of accepted bacterial and archaeal names
• List of Archaea genera
• List of Bacteria genera
• List of bacterial genera named after geographical names
• List of bacterial genera named after institutions
• List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures
• List of clinically important bacteria
• List of organisms named after famous people
• List of taxa named by anagrams

References[]

• names after people entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.