Aegyptianella

Aegyptianella
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Proteobacteria"
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Anaplasmataceae
Genus: Aegyptianella
Type species
A. pullorum

Aegyptianella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Aegyptianella derives from:
New Latin feminine gender dim. noun Aegyptianella (from Latin noun Aegyptus), named after Egypt where the organism was described (in 1929).[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. pullorum(Latin noun pullus, a young fowl, chicken; Latin genitive case pl. noun pullorum, of young fowls.)[3]

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