Aquicella

Aquicella
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Coxiellaceae
Genus:
Santos et al., 2004
Species
  • Aquicella lusitana
  • Aquicella siphonis

Aquicella is a genus of Gram-negative rod-shaped cells and filaments in the family Coxiellaceae from the order Legionellales.[1] The type species of this genus is Aquicella lusitana.[1]

The name Aquicella is composed of the Latin term aqua (referring to water) and the Latin term cella (referring to a chamber, closet, or cabinet, or in biology, a cell). Together, the name Aquicella translates to a cell from water.

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Aquicella". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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