Genera named after other genera
Compound genus names obtain their gender from the gender of their last component [Rule 65 (2)]. Many genus name were formed by adding a prefix to the name of an already proposed other genus name. The prefix may point to the similarity to or the difference from the other genus. A list of genus names formed in that manner is provided below. Names formed from other genus names by modifying their ending are not listed here. See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names .
Acaryochloris
Acetobacter
Acetogenium
Acholeplasma
Acidaminococcus
Acidibacillus
Acidimicrobium
Acidobacterium
Acidovorax
Actinobacillus
Actinobacterium
Actinobaculum
Actinomyces
Actinoplanes
Actinopolyspora
Actinosynnema
Actinotalea
Acutalibacter
Aerobacillus
Aerobacter
Aerococcus
Aerofilum
Aeromicrobium
Aeromonas
Aerosphaera
Aestuariibacter
Aestuariivita
Agarivorans
Ahrensia
Akkermansia
Albibacter
Alcaligenes
Alcanivorax
Algibacter
Algimonas
Alicyclobacillus
Aliinostoc
Alistipes
Alkalibacillus
Alkalibacter
Alkalibacterium
Alkalibaculum
Alkalicoccus
Alkalimicrobium
Alteromonas
Alysiella
Aminobacter
Aminobacterium
Amphibacillus
Amphritea
Amycolata
Amylibacter
Anabaena
Anacystis
Anaerobacter
Anaerobacterium
Anaerobaculum
Anaerobium
Anaerocella
Anaerofilum
Anaeromonas
Anaerophilus
Anaerotignum
Anaerovorax
Anaplasma
Anoxybacillus
Aphodocola
Aquabacterium
Aquibacter
Aquicella
Aquicoccus
Aquidulcibacter
Aquiflexum
Aquimonas
Aquisediminimonas
Arcicella
Arcobacter
Arcticibacter
Arthrobacter
Arthromitus
Asaia
Atribacter
Aurantiacibacter
Aurantimonas
Azoarcus
Bacillus
Bacteriovorax
Bacteroides
Baileyella
Bartonella
Baumannia
Bdellovibrio
Beggiatoa
Bittarella
Bizionia
Blastomonas
Blautia
Bogoriella
Bosea
Bowmanella
Brachymonas
Brachyspira
Branchiibius
Brasilonema
Brenneria
Brevibacterium
Burkholderia
Butyricicoccus
Butyrivibrio
Bythopirellula
Caccousia
Caecibacter
Caecibacterium
Caedibacter
Caedimonas
Caldithrix
Caldococcus
Calothrix
Candidimonas
Caproicibacter
Cardinium
Catelliglobosispora
Catenococcus
Cellulophaga
Cerasibacillus
Chelatococcus
Chitinimonas
Chlamydia
Chlorobacter
Christensenella
Chromatium
Chroococcus
Chryseolinea
Citrobacter
Clavibacter
Clostridioides
Clostridium
Cnuella
Coccobacillus
Coenonia
Colobactrum
Colwellia
Conexibacter
Coprobacillus
Coprobacter
Coprococcus
Coprocola
Copromorpha
Craurococcus
Cricetibacter
Croceibacterium
Crocinitomix
Cryomonas
Cryptoplasma
Culturomica
Curvibacter
Cyanobacterium
Cyanosarcina
Cyanospira
Cylindrospermum
Cytophaga
Dermatophilus
Desertivirga
Desulfitobacterium
Desulfobacillus
Desulfobacter
Desulfobacterium
Desulfomicrobium
Desulforhabdus
Desulfovibrio
Desulfuromonas
Devosia
Donghicola
Dongia
Duganella
Dysgonomonas
Eggerthella
Ehrlichia
Elusimicrobium
Emcibacter
Endomicrobium
Endozoicomonas
Enemella
Enhygromyxa
Enterobacter
Enteromonas
Entophysalis
Epiphyton
Epulonipiscium
Erythrobacter
Escherichia
Euzebyella
Faeciroseburia
Fannyhessea
Fermentibacillus
Ferribacter
Ferrimicrobium
Ferrimonas
Fervidicoccus
Filibacter
Filimonas
Fimenecus
Fimicola
Finniella
Flavimonas
Flavisolibacter
Flavitalea
Flavobacterium
Flavonifractor
Flexibacter
Flexithrix
Fodinibacter
Fodinibius
Fontibacter
Fontimicrobium
Fournierella
Francisella
Frankia
Franklinella
Frigoribacterium
Fulvibacter
Fulvimonas
Gastranaerophilus
Geitlerinema
Gemmobacter
Geoarchaeum
Geobacillus
Geochorda
Girvanella
Glaciecola
Gluconobacter
Glutamicibacter
Glycomyces
Gracilibacillus
Granulimonas
Gulbenkiania
Haemophilus
Hahella
Halalkaliarchaeum
Halarchaeum
Haliea
Halioglobus
Halobacillus
Halobacter
Halobacterium
Halobaculum
Halobium
Halococcus
Halocynthiibacter
Halomonas
Halorhabdus
Halotalea
Halothece
Harenicola
Helicobacter
Herbaspirillum
Hoeflea
Holospora
Hongiella
Humibacter
Hydrobacter
Hydromonas
Hydrothermus
Hyella
Hymenobacter
Ideonella
Idiomarina
Ileibacterium
Ilyobacter
Improbicoccus
Jatrophihabitans
Kangiella
Kineococcus
Komarekiella
Kordiimonas
Kosakonia
Ktedonobacter
Kutzneria
Labilibaculum
Labrenzia
Labrys
Lachnobacterium
Lachnospira
Lacibacter
Lacihabitans
Lactobacillus
Lactococcus
Leibleinia
Lentibacter
Lentihominibacter
Leptolyngbya
Leptonema
Leptophycus
Leptotrichia
Leptovivax
Leucobacter
Lewinella
Limibaculum
Limicola
Limivivens
Limnococcus
Limnohabitans
Listeria
Litoribacter
Longibacter
Lucifera
Luminiphilus
Luteibacter
Luteimonas
Luteolibacter
Lutibacter
Lyngbya
Lyngbyopsis
Lysinibacillus
Lysinimonas
Lysobacter
Magnetospirillum
Magnetovibrio
Maledivibacter
Mangrovimonas
Maribacter
Maribius
Maricurvus
Marimonas
Marinibacterium
Marinimicrobium
Marinobacter
Marinomonas
Marinovum
Martelella
Massilia
Massilibacillus
Meiothermus
Melitea
Merdicola
Merismopedia
Mesonia
Mesophilobacter
Mesorhizobium
Methanococcus
Methylobacillus
Methylophilus
Methylovorus
Micrarchaeum
Microbacter
Microbacterium
Micrococcus
Microcoleus
Micromonospora
Microsphaera
Microthrix
Microvenator
Monoglobus
Moorella
Moritella
Muribacter
Muribacterium
Muribaculum
Muricauda
Murimonas
Mycoplasma
Myroides
Myxobacter
Myxococcus
Natronomonas
Natronospira
Neobacillus
Neptunicella
Niabella
Nioella
Nitratiruptor
Nitrobacter
Nitrospira
Nocardia
Nocardiopsis
Nostoc
Nostocopsis
Novosphingobium
Oceanicella
Oceanicola
Ochrobactrum
Octadecabacter
Oerskovia
Oligella
Olsenella
Oncobyrsa
Onthocola
Ophiothrix
Ortonella
Oscillatoria
Oscillatoriopsis
Oscillospira
Paludibacillus
Paludibacter
Paracoccus
Pararhizobium
Parilichlamydia
Pasteurella
Pectobacterium
Pedobacter
Pedomonas
Pelagibacter
Pelagicola
Pelethomonas
Pelobacter
Peribacillus
Perlucidibaca
Petrobacter
Phaeobacter
Phocaeicola
Phormidium
Photobacterium
Phycobacter
Phycobium
Pirellula
Placoma
Planobispora
Planococcus
Plectonema
Pleomorpha
Pleurocapsa
Podocapsa
Polycladidibacter
Polytropus
Ponticoccus
Pontivivens
Pontixanthobacter
Porphyromonas
Prevotella
Primorskyibacter
Prochloron
Prolixibacter
Propionibacterium
Proteus
Pseudarcicella
Pseudobacter
Pseudoflavitalea
Pseudomonas
Pseudospirillum
Psychrobacter
Puniceibacterium
Puribacter
Pusillimonas
Qipengyuania
Radaisia
Radicibacter
Rheinheimera
Rhizobacter
Rhizobium
Rhizocola
Rhizorhabdus
Rhodobacter
Rhodococcus
Rhodoferax
Rhodonellum
Rhodopirellula
Rhodoplanes
Rhodospira
Rhodospirillum
Rickettsia
Rickettsiella
Rikenella
Rivibacter
Rivularia
Robbsia
Roseburia
Roseibium
Roseicyclus
Roseobacter
Roseomonas
Roseovarius
Rothia
Rubricoccus
Rubrobacter
Ruegeria
Ruminimicrobium
Ruminococcus
Saccharibacter
Saccharimonas
Saccharobacter
Saccharopolyspora
Salibacillus
Salibacter
Salibacterium
Salinactinospora
Salinibacter
Salinicola
Salinivibrio
Sandaracinobacteroides
Sarcina
Saxibacter
Scardovia
Scatomonas
Scytonema
Sedimenticola
Sedimentitalea
Sediminibacter
Sediminibacterium
Sediminicola
Sediminimonas
Segetibacter
Selenomonas
Senegalia
Seohaeicola
Shewanella
Shigella
Shimia
Solibacillus
Solibacter
Solimonas
Spelaeopogon
Sphaerochaeta
Sphaerospermum
Sphingobacterium
Sphingobium
Sphingomonas
Sphingopyxis
Sphingorhabdus
Sphingosinicella
Spiribacter
Spirillopsis
Spirillum
Spirochaeta
Spironema
Spirulina
Sporobacter
Sporobacterium
Sporomusa
Sporosarcina
Sporovibrio
Stakelama
Staphylospora
Stella
Stenotrophomonas
Steroidobacter
Stigmatella
Streptobacillus
Streptococcus
Streptomyces
Succinivibrio
Sulfidibacter
Sulfitobacter
Sulfobacillus
Sulfomonas
Sulfurimicrobium
Sulfurimonas
Sulfurirhabdus
Sulfuritortus
Sulfurococcus
Sutterella
Synechococcus
Synergistes
Syntrophaceticus
Syntrophococcus
Syntrophomonas
Syntrophopropionicum
Syntrophus
Tabrizicola
Tamlana
Tannerella
Tardibacter
Telmatobacter
Tenacibaculum
Teredinibacter
Terribacillus
Terriglobus
Terrimonas
Tetracoccus
Thalassobacter
Thalassolituus
Thauera
Thermincola
Thermobacillus
Thermobacterium
Thermococcus
Thermofilum
Thermomicrobium
Thermosynechococcus
Thermothrix
Thermotoga
Thermus
Thiobacillus
Thiobacter
Thioclava
Thioglobus
Thioploca
Tissierella
Tractidigestivibacter
Treponema
Trichospira
Umbellula
Undibacterium
Vallotia
Ventricola
Vibrio
Weissella
Westiellopsis
Wolbachia
Wollea
Xanthobacter
Xanthomonas
Xenophilus
Yabuuchia
Yangia
Yoonia
Zobellia