Alicycliphilus

Alicycliphilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Comamonadaceae
Genus:	Alicycliphilus
Type species
A. denitrificans

Alicycliphilus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

The name Alicycliphilus derives from:
Greek adjective aliphos, fat; Latin noun cyclus, circle or ring; New Latin pref. alicycli-, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism.

The genus contains a single species, namely A. denitrificans. The specific epithet denitrificans is a New Latin participle adjective meaning denitrifying.

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