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Aeriscardovia

Aeriscardovia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Actinobacteria"
Class: Actinobacteria
Subclass: Actinobacteridae
Order: Bifidobacteriales
Family: Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus: Aeriscardovia
Type species
A. aeriphila

Aeriscardovia is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).

The name Aeriscardovia derives from:
Latin masculine gender noun aer aeris, air; New Latin feminine gender noun Scardovia, a bacterial generic name to honour Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist; New Latin feminine gender noun Aeriscardovia, cells similar to the genus Scardovia that can grow in air.

The genus contains a single species, namely A. aeriphila ( Simpson et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender noun aer aeris, air; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective aeriphila, air-loving.)


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