Agaricicola is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
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Genus: | Agaricicola
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A. taiwanensis |
The name Agaricicola derives from:
Neo-Latin noun Agaricus, generic name of a mushroom; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), dweller; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agaricicola, Agaricus-dweller, reflecting isolation of the first strain from Agaricus blazei (Murrill).[2]
The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. taiwanensis (Chu et al. 2010), (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.)[3]