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''Aliivibrio'' is a genus in the phylum
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Etymology

The name ''Aliivibrio'' derives from:
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', other, another, different;
Neo-Latin Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith ''Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin'' in ; others, throughout. (also known as New Latin and Modern Latin) is the style of written Latin used in original literary, scholarly, and scientific works, first in Italy d ...
''Vibrio'', a bacterial genus name, to give ''Aliivibrio'', the other ''Vibrio''.


Species

The genus contains: * '' A. finisterrensis'' ( Beaz-Hidalgo ''et al''. 2010, ; Neo-Latin ''finisterrensis'', pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named the place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world.) * '' A. fischeri'' ( (
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1889) Urbanczyk ''et al''. 2007, (type species of the genus).; named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria.) * '' A. logei'' ( ( Harwood ''et al''. 1980) Urbanczyk ''et al''. 2007, ; Neo-Latin ''logei'', of Loge; from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief.) * '' A. salmonicida'' ( ( Egidius ''et al''. 1986) Urbanczyk ''et al''. 2007, ;
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noun ''salmo'' -''onis'', salmon; ''cida'' (from Latin ''caedo'', to cut or kill), murderer, killer; ''salmonicida'', salmon killer.) * '' A. sifiae'' (
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''et al''. 2011, ; Neo-Latin ''sifiae'', of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow color of the luminescence).) * '' A. wodanis'' ( ( Lunder ''et al''. 2000) Urbanczyk ''et al''. 2007, ; Neo-Latin ''wodanis'', of Wodan, the Norse god of art, culture, war and the dead, because its closest relative, ''Vibrio'' ''logei'' (''Aliivibrio'' ''logei''), also a cold-water vibrio.)


See also

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References

Bacteria genera Vibrionales {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub