Taxon names are frequently derived from personal names to honour persons, particularly persons associated with microbiology. Epithets of species or subspecies can be formed from latinized personal names in the adjective form or in the genitive noun form [Rule 63]. The latter allows for distinguishing between female and male persons to be honoured. A part of the species names found in LPSN and unambiguously derived in the genitive noun form of a personal name (or, rarely, derived in the same way from the name of another kind of entity) are listed below, arranged by the name of the person to which they are referring. See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names.
In the case of a ☞ new combination these epithets must not be adapted to the gender of the genus name.
Acetivibrio aldrichii — Clostridium aldrichii — Hungateiclostridium aldrichii — "Candidatus Pasteuria aldrichii"
"Candidatus Borrelia andersonii" — Brevinema andersonii — "Candidatus Iainarchaeum andersonii" — "Pseudomonas andersonii"
Acetobacterium bakii — Desulfuromusa bakii — "Candidatus Magnispira bakii" corrig. — "Candidatus Magnospira bakii"
Aureobacterium barkeri — Clostridium barkeri — "Corynebacterium barkeri" — Eubacterium barkeri — Methanosarcina barkeri — Microbacterium barkeri
Bacteroides barnesiae — Gallicola barnesae — "Geospirillum barnesii" — Peptostreptococcus barnesae — Phocaeicola barnesiae — Serpentinimonas barnesii — Sulfurospirillum barnesii
Acinetobacter beijerinckii — Azotobacter beijerinckii — Chromohalobacter beijerinckii — Clostridium beijerinckii — Oceanospirillum beijerinckii — Pseudomonas beijerinckii — "Spirillum beijerinckii"
"Candidatus Aciduliprofundum boonei" — "Methanogenium boonei" — "Candidatus Methanoregula boonei" — Methanoregula boonei
Clostridium bryantii — Methanobacterium bryantii — Prevotella bryantii — "Syntrophomonas bryantii" — Syntrophospora bryantii — Treponema bryantii
"Bacillus buchneri" — "Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri" — Lactobacillus buchneri — Lentilactobacillus buchneri — Rickettsia buchneri
Hapalopsis conradii — Kirchneriellopsis conradii — Lyngbya conradii — Methanocella conradii — Phormidium conradii — "Stappia conradae"