| Acaricomes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Acaricomes |
| Type species | |
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A. phytoseiuli Pukall et al. 2006 |
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Acaricomes is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria). The etymology of the genus is N.L. masc. pl. n. acari, the mites; L. masc. n. comes, companion; N.L. masc. n. Acaricomes, companion of mites. The genus contains only one species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely,A. phytoseiuli ( Pukall et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).; N.L. gen. masc. n. phytoseiuli, of Phytoseiulus, the nomenclatural genus name of the host mite.)