Mahella is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[2] The name Mahella derives from: Neo-Latin feminine gender dim. noun Mahella, named in honour of the American microbiologist Professor R.A. Mah, for his important contribution to the taxonomy of anaerobes.[3]
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Genus: | Mahella Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004[1]
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Mahella australiensis Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004
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editThe genus contains a single species,[3] namely M. australiensis ( Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective australiensis, related to Australia.)[4]
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edit- ^ Abstract ijs.sgmjournals.org [dead link]
- ^ Classification of Genera MR in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Mahella in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ Bonilla Salinas, Monica; Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Thomas, Pierre; Cayol, Jean-Luc; Patel, Bharat K. C.; Ollivier, Bernard (2004). "Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2169–2173. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02926-0. PMID 15545453.