Agreia

Agreia is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Agreia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agreia
Type species
A. bicolorata

Etymology

The generic name Agreia honours Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist.[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:[2]

• A. bicolorata ( Evtushenko et al. 2001, type species of the genus; Latin bis, twice; coloratus, coloured; to give bicolorata, two-coloured.)[3]
• A. pratensis [(Behrendt et al. 2002) Schumann et al. 2003; Latin pratensis, found in meadows/grassland][4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera AC 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.
2. Agreia 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.
3. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/6/2073
4. Reclassification of Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002 as Agreia pratensis comb. nov