Crossiella

Crossiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Pseudonocardineae
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Crossiella
Type species
C. cryophila

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

Etymology

The name Crossiella derives from:
New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Crossiella, named for Thomas Cross, a microbiologist at the University of Bradford, who made many contributions to actinomycete biology and systematics.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely^[2]

• C. cryophila ( (Labeda and Lechevalier 1989) Labeda 2001, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun kruos, icy cold, frost; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjectivecryophila, cold-loving, referring to the low permissive temperature range for growth.)^[3]
• C. equi ( Donahue et al. 2002, ; Latin genitive case noun equi, of the horse, referring to the source of isolation of this microorganism, equine placentas.)^[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". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
2. ^ ^{a b} Crossiella 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. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
3. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/4/1575
4. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/6/2169