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Numerous adjectives have an ending in -ensis -is (masculine or feminine gender) or in -ense (neuter gender). All these adjectives are declined according to the third declension and their stems are obtained by removing the letters is or e. For example, the stem of the neo-Latin adjective aarhusensis (masculine gender), aarhusensis (feminine gender), aarhusense (neuter gender) is aarhusens-. These adjectives are used to form species or subspecies epithets [Rule 12c (1), Rule 13b] from geographic locations. Some of these "locations" are acronyms of institutions. One part of the species names found in LPSN and unambiguously derived in that manner are listed below, arranged by the location to which they are referring. See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names.
In the case of a ☞ new combination these epithets must be adapted to the gender of the genus name: -ensis (masculine), -ensis (feminine) or -ense (neuter). This is a special case of Group B adjectives ending in -is (masculine), -is (feminine) and -e (neuter).
"Candidatus Accumulibacter aalborgensis" — "Candidatus Amarolinea aalborgensis" — "Candidatus Propionivibrio aalborgensis" — "Candidatus Saccharimonas aalborgensis" — "Candidatus Saccharimonas aalborgensis"
"Candidatus Electrothrix aarhusensis" — "Candidatus Electrothrix aarhusensis" corrig. — Methanobacterium aarhusense
Gordona aichiensis — Gordonia aichiensis corrig. — Mycobacterium aichiense — Mycolicibacterium aichiense — Rhodococcus aichiense — Rhodococcus aichiensis corrig. — Xenorhabdus aichiensis
Alkalibacillus aidingensis — Amycolatopsis aidingensis — Bacillus aidingensis — "Gracilibacillus aidingensis" — Halobacillus aidingensis — "Haloechinothrix aidingensis" — "Halomonas aidingensis" — Halorubrum aidingense — "Oceanobacillus aidingensis" — Prauserella aidingensis — Saccharopolyspora aidingensis — Salibacterium aidingense — Salinibacillus aidingensis — Salinifilum aidingense corrig. — Salinifilum aidingensis — Streptomyces aidingensis — Terribacillus aidingensis
Albertania alaskaensis — Cephalothrix alaskaensis — Gibliniella alaskaensis — "Leptodesmis alaskaensis" — Nodosilinea alaskaensis — Tildeniella alaskaensis
Aphanothece alascense — Aphanothece alascensis corrig. — Campylotropium alascense — Romeria alascensis
Desulfovibrio alaskensis — Methanococcoides alaskense — Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis — Phormidium alaskense — "Candidatus Sivonenia alaskensis" — Sphingomonas alaskensis — Sphingopyxis alaskensis
Acidithiobacillus albertensis corrig. — Collenia albertensis — Limosilactobacillus albertensis — Sphingomonas albertensis
Actinomadura algeriensis — Actinophytocola algeriensis — Actinopolyspora algeriensis — "Bacillus algeriensis" — Bounagaea algeriensis — Bradyrhizobium algeriense — Caldicoprobacter algeriensis — Glycomyces algeriensis — Halopolyspora algeriensis — Melghirimyces algeriensis — Microbacterium algeriense — Mzabimyces algeriensis — Nocardiopsis algeriensis — "Paucisalibacillus algeriensis" — Planomonospora algeriensis — Plectonema algeriense — Pseudochrobactrum algeriense corrig. — Pseudochrobactrum algeriensis — Saccharothrix algeriensis — Streptomonospora algeriensis — Streptosporangium algeriense
Aurantimonas altamirensis — Aureimonas altamirensis — Hoyosella altamirensis — Nocardia altamirensis
"Candidatus Anaplasma amazonensis" — Azospirillum amazonense — Bifidobacterium amazonense — Chromobacterium amazonense — Clostridium amazonense — Cronbergia amazonensis — Nitrospirillum amazonense — Shewanella amazonensis
Allomuricauda amoyensis — Flagellimonas amoyensis — Kribbella amoyensis — Muricauda amoyensis — Paracoccus amoyensis — Roseovarius amoyensis
Flavobacterium anatoliense — Myroides anatoliensis — Paenimyroides anatoliense corrig. — Paenimyroides anatoliensis — Pseudomonas anatoliensis — Streptosporangium anatoliense — "Thermus anatoliensis"
Cesiribacter andamanensis — Idiomarina andamanensis — Micromonospora andamanensis — Pseudidiomarina andamanensis — Streptomyces andamanensis — Verrucosispora andamanensis
Brevibacterium anseongense — Novosphingobium anseongense — "Paenibacillus anseongense" — Sphingomonas anseongensis
Acetatifactor aquisgranensis — Adlercreutzia aquisgranensis — Gallalistipes aquisgranensis — "Grylomicrobium aquisgranensis" — Intestinimonas aquisgranensis
Arthrobacter ardleyensis — Flavobacterium ardleyense — Glutamicibacter ardleyensis — Pedobacter ardleyensis
"Algorimicrobium argentinense" — Azospirillum argentinense — Bizionia argentinensis — Clostridium argentinense — Haloarcula argentinensis — "Nocardia argentinensis" — Phytopseudomonas argentinensis — Pseudomonas argentinensis
Corynebacterium argentoratense — Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis — Lactobacillus argentoratensis
Glycomyces arizonensis — Hymenobacter arizonensis — Lactobacillus arizonensis — Nocardia arizonensis — "Siccationidurans arizonensis"
Blastococcus atacamensis — Lechevalieria atacamensis — Lentzea atacamensis — "Candidatus Nitrosodeserticola atacamensis" corrig. — Oculatella atacamensis — Pseudomonas atacamensis — Schizothrix atacamensis — Streptomyces atacamensis
Aeromonas australiensis — "Candidatus Algichlamydia australiensis" — Amycolatopsis australiensis — Bradyrhizobium australiense — "Candidatus Burarchaeum australiense" — Calothrix australiensis — Izhakiella australiensis — Mahella australiensis — Nocardia australiensis — Nostocoides australiense — "Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense" — Potamosiphon australiensis — Propionibacterium australiense — Quadricoccus australiensis — Quatrionicoccus australiensis — Saccharothrix australiensis — Tetrasphaera australiensis
Caloranaerobacter azorensis — Roseovarius azorensis — Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense — Thermothrix azorensis
"Bacillus baekryungensis" — Elkelangia baekryungensis — Novosphingopyxis baekryungensis — "Sphingomonas baekryungensis" — Sphingopyxis baekryungensis
Actinomadura bangladeshensis — Catellatospora bangladeshensis — Nonomuraea bangladeshensis — Rhizobium bangladeshense — Streptomyces bangladeshensis
Agromyces bauzanensis — Albibacterium bauzanense — Candidimonas bauzanensis — Halopseudomonas bauzanensis — Neopseudomonas bauzanensis — Pedobacter bauzanensis — Pollutimonas bauzanensis — Pseudomonas bauzanensis — Sphingopyxis bauzanensis — Tistrella bauzanensis
Agrococcus beijingensis — Bacillus beijingensis — Bhargavaea beijingensis — Bosea beijingensis — "Candidatus Coneutiohabitans beijingensis" — Dyadobacter beijingensis — "Erwinia beijingensis" — Hansschlegelia beijingensis — "Candidatus Kaistella beijingensis" — Methanobacterium beijingense — Niabella beijingensis — Nocardia beijingensis — Ottowia beijingensis — "Paenibacillus beijingensis" — "Pantoea beijingensis" — "Planococcus beijingensis" — Pseudomonas beijingensis — Pseudopedobacter beijingensis — Telluria beijingensis — Thermomonas beijingensis — "Variovorax beijingensis"
"Cylindrospermum bengalense" — Microcystis bengalensis — Oceanobacillus bengalensis — "Paraburkholderia bengalensis" — Paracoccus bengalensis
Aestuariihabitans beolgyonensis — Allomuricauda beolgyonensis — Flagellimonas beolgyonensis — Litorisediminicola beolgyonensis — Muricauda beolgyonensis
Bacillus beringensis — Cognaticolwellia beringensis — Colwellia beringensis — Devosia beringensis — Hyphomonas beringensis — Robertmurraya beringensis
"Enugrolinea bermudensis" — Parvularcula bermudensis — Pelagibaca bermudensis — Salipiger bermudensis
Gracilibacillus bigeumensis — Leifsonia bigeumensis — Marmoricola bigeumensis — Nocardioides bigeumensis — Pedococcus bigeumensis — Phycicoccus bigeumensis
Agromyces binzhouensis — Chryseobacterium binzhouense — "Paracoccus binzhouensis" — "Propylenella binzhouense"
Anaerosalibacter bizertensis — Desulfobaculum bizertense corrig. — Desulfobaculum bizertensis — Desulfovibrio bizertensis — Fusibacter bizertensis — Paradesulfovibrio bizertensis
Brumicola blandensis — Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis — Marinomonas blandensis — Reinekea blandensis — Thalassocella blandensis
Actinoplanes bogoriensis — "Actinotalea bogoriensis" — Alkalihalobacillus bogoriensis — Alkalihalobacterium bogoriense — Bacillus bogoriensis — Cellulomonas bogoriensis — "Paracoccus bogoriensis" — Rhodobaca bogoriensis — Roseinatronobacter bogoriensis — Roseinatronobacter bogoriensis
"Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis" — "Bacteroides bouchesdurhonensis" — "Collinsella bouchesdurhonensis" — "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense" — "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense" — "Lachnoclostridium bouchesdurhonense" — "Paenibacillus bouchesdurhonensis" — "Parabacteroides bouchesdurhonensis" — "Streptococcus bouchesdurhonensis"
"Amazoninema brasiliense" — Azospirillum brasiliense — Cryptococcum brasiliense — Cyanoaggregatum brasiliense — Elytrosporangium brasiliense corrig. — Pectobacterium brasiliense — "Candidatus Phytoplasma brasiliense" — Pycnacronema brasiliense corrig. — Sphaerocavum brasiliense — "Streptosporangium brasiliense" — Trichodesmium brasiliense
Actinoplanes brasiliensis — "Candidatus Anaplasma brasiliensis" — Borrelia brasiliensis — "Brevundimonas brasiliensis" — "Candidatus Brocadia brasiliensis" — Capsosira brasiliensis — Coetzeea brasiliensis — Dasygloea brasiliensis — "Desulfovibrio brasiliensis" — "Discomyces brasiliensis" — Elytrosporangium brasiliensis — Geodermatophilus brasiliensis — Hapalosiphon brasiliensis — "Kitasatospora brasiliensis" — Klenkia brasiliensis — Lyngbya brasiliensis — Microcoleus brasiliensis — "Microcystis brasiliensis" — "Muricauda brasiliensis" — "Mycobacterium brasiliensis" — "Neisseria brasiliensis" — Nocardia brasiliensis — Pannus brasiliensis — Paractinoplanes brasiliensis — Pilgeria brasiliensis — Planctomyces brasiliensis — "Pseudodesulfovibrio brasiliensis" — "Pseudovibrio brasiliensis" — Pycnacronema brasiliensis — Rubinisphaera brasiliensis — "Salidesulfovibrio brasiliensis" — Streptomyces brasiliensis — Vibrio brasiliensis
Azospirillum brasilense corrig. — "Bradyrhizobium brasilense" — "Burkholderia brasilensis" — Marinomonas brasilensis — Paenibacillus brasilensis
Aromatoleum bremense — Citrifermentans bremense — "Candidatus Ferrigenium bremense" — Geobacter bremensis — Geomonas bremensis
Legionella brunensis — Macrococcus brunensis — "Paraphocaeicola brunensis" — Staphylococcus brunensis
Alteraurantiacibacter buctensis — Altererythrobacter buctense — Altererythrobacter buctensis corrig. — Flavobacterium buctense
Gaetbulicola byunsanensis — "Candidatus Kopriimonas byunsanensis" — Marivita byunsanensis — Pseudoalteromonas byunsanensis — Virgibacillus byunsanensis
Konicacronema caatingense corrig. — Konicacronema caatingensis — Pycnacronema caatingense corrig. — Pycnacronema caatingensis — "Trichocoleus caatingensis"
Alienimonas californiensis — "Candidatus Allocryptoplasma californiense" corrig. — Anaerobranca californiensis — Borrelia californiensis — Borreliella californiensis — "Candidatus Caldatribacterium californiense" corrig. — "Candidatus Caldatribacterium californiensis" — Campylobacter californiensis — Clavibacter californiensis — "Candidatus Cryptoplasma californiense" — "Candidatus Doriopsillibacter californiensis" — "Candidatus Frankia californiensis" — Halorubrum californiense — Lentzea californiensis — Ornithinibacillus californiensis — "Candidatus Protofrankia californiensis" — Pseudomonas californiensis — Tindallia californiensis — "Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis" corrig.
Azospirillum canadense — Campylobacter canadensis — "Candidatus Chlorobium canadense" — Chromohalobacter canadensis — Ensifer canadensis — Flexibacter canadensis — Frankia canadensis — Halomonas canadensis — Helicobacter canadensis — Hymenobacter canadensis — Metamycoplasma canadense — Mycoplasma canadense — "Candidatus Nocardia canadensis" — "Pseudohelicobacter canadensis" — Pseudomonas canadensis — Rickettsia canadensis corrig. — Scrofimicrobium canadense — Shewanella canadensis — Solitalea canadensis — Sphingobacterium canadense — Sphingomonas canadensis — Stigonema canadense corrig. — Stigonema canadensis
Bradyrhizobium canariense — Brevundimonas canariensis — Herbaspirillum canariense — Noviherbaspirillum canariense
Acidovorax carolinensis — Borrelia carolinensis — Borreliella carolinensis — "Candidatus Brocadia carolinensis" corrig.
"Candidatus Magnetobacterium casense" — "Candidatus Magnetobacterium casense" corrig. — "Candidatus Magnetobacterium casensis"
Catellibacterium changlense — Cereibacter changlensis — Gemmobacter changlensis — "Gemmobacter changlensis" — Rhodobacter changlensis
Acinetobacter chengduensis — "Chryseobacterium chengduensis" — Ectopseudomonas chengduensis — Enterobacter chengduensis — "Lysobacter chengduensis" — Pseudomonas chengduensis
"Bacillus cheonanensis" — Flavihumibacter cheonanensis — Flavobacterium cheonanense — Streptomyces cheonanensis
Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis — Ameyamaea chiangmaiensis — Neoasaia chiangmaiensis — Streptomyces chiangmaiensis
"Borrelia chilensis" — Flavobacterium chilense — Geitlerinema chilense — Geodermatophilus chilensis — Myxacorys chilensis — "Candidatus Neoehrlichia chilensis" — Sphingopyxis chilensis — Thiomicrorhabdus chilensis — Thiomicrospira chilensis
Acinetobacter chinensis — Enterobacter chinensis — "Flexibacter chinensis" — Gilvimarinus chinensis — Huaxiibacter chinensis — Leucobacter chinensis — "Lysobacter chinensis" — Marilutibacter chinensis — "Paenibacillus chinensis" — Paracoccus chinensis — Pedobacter chinensis — Planococcus chinensis — Planomicrobium chinense — Sneathiella chinensis — Spiroplasma chinense
"Cognaticolwellia chukchiensis" — Colwellia chukchiensis — Hyphomonas chukchiensis — Profundicola chukchiensis
Algoriphagus chungangensis — Bacillus chungangensis — "Chryseobacterium chungangensis" — "Eudoraea chungangensis" — Flavobacterium chungangense — "Flavobacterium chungangensis" — "Fluviicola chungangensis" — Gulosibacter chungangensis — Haloferula chungangensis — "Kangiella chungangensis" — Lactococcus chungangensis — Maribacter chungangensis — Oceanobacillus chungangensis — Paenibacillus chungangensis — Pseudoclavibacter chungangensis — Salegentibacter chungangensis — Serinicoccus chungangensis — Sneathiella chungangensis
Flavobacterium chungbukense — "Candidatus Nitrosotenuis chungbukensis" — Sphingobium chungbukense — Sphingomonas chungbukensis
Alteromonas chungwhensis — Pontibacillus chungwhensis — Salinimonas chungwhensis — "Streptomyces chungwhensis"
Actinokineospora cibodasensis — Actinoplanes cibodasensis — Cryptosporangium cibodasense — Paractinoplanes cibodasensis
Luteimonas colneyensis — "Luteimonas colneyensis" — "Candidatus Mediterraneibacter colneyensis" — "Candidatus Nanosynbacter colneyensis"
Aminobacterium colombiense — "Candidatus Andeanibacterium colombiense" — "Candidatus Brevundimonas colombiensis" — "Candidatus Cohnella colombiensis" — "Candidatus Kaistia colombiensis" — "Candidatus Mesolinea colombiensis" — Mycobacterium colombiense — "Candidatus Rickettsia colombiensis" corrig. — Streptomyces colombiensis
"Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis" — "Desulfotomaculum copahuensis" — "Igneacidithiobacillus copahuensis" — "Candidatus Nitrolancea copahuensis"
"Fischerella cossyrensis" — Hapalosiphon cossyrensis — Sommierella cossyrensis — Thalpophila cossyrensis
Echeverriopsis costaricensis — Homoeothrix costaricense — Homoeothrix costaricensis corrig. — Listeria costaricensis — "Mesolisteria costaricensis" — Scytonema costaricense
"Candidatus Anaplasma ivorense" corrig. — "Candidatus Anaplasma ivorensis" — "Candidatus Borrelia ivorensis" — Bradyrhizobium ivorense — "Candidatus Wolbachia ivorensis"
"Candidatus Altarchaeum crystalense" corrig. — "Candidatus Altiarchaeum crystalense" — "Candidatus Huberarchaeum crystalense" corrig. — "Candidatus Huberiarchaeum crystalense"