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.
"Candidatus Cryoxeromicrobium davisii" — Flavobacterium davisii — "Candidatus Tenebribacter davisii"
"Candidatus Bartonella davousti" — "Candidatus Bartonella davoustii" corrig. — "Candidatus Rickettsia davousti" — "Candidatus Rickettsia davoustii" corrig.
Arcobacter ellisii — Leptospira ellisii — Pseudarcobacter ellisii corrig. — Pseudoarcobacter ellisii
"Candidatus Abditibacter forsetii" — "Candidatus Fucivorax forsetii" — Gramella forsetii — "Candidatus Mariakkermansia forsetii" — Maribacter forsetii — "Reinekea forsetii" — Winogradskyella forsetii
"Candidatus Aquadulcis frankliniae" — "Candidatus Aquidulcis frankliniae" corrig. — Mycobacterium franklinii — Mycobacteroides franklinii
Coleodesmiopsis fremyi corrig. — Coleodesmiumopsis fremyi — Gomphosphaeria fremyi — Pleurocapsa fremyi — Woronichinia fremyi
Chlorogloea gardneri — Heteroleibleinia gardneri — Lyngbya gardneri — "Proactinomyces gardneri" — Radaisia gardneri — Stichosiphon gardneri — Streptomyces gardneri — Xanthomonas gardneri
"Actinomyces gibsonii" — Alkalihalobacillus gibsonii — Bacillus gibsonii — Desulfallas gibsoniae — Desulfoscipio gibsoniae — Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae — Kurthia gibsonii — Shouchella gibsonii — Streptomyces gibsonii
Burkholderia glathei — Burkholderia glathei — Caballeronia glathei — Paraburkholderia glathei — Pseudomonas glathei
Leptotrichia goodfellowii — Nocardia goodfellowii — Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii — Salinispora goodfellowii
Bacillus gordonae — Mycobacterium gordonae — Paenibacillus gordonae — Parabacteroides gordonii — Rhodococcus gordoniae — Streptococcus gordonii
"Arthrobacter hankyongi" — Brevibacterium hankyongi — Flavobacterium hankyongi — "Ginsengibacter hankyongi" — Mesorhizobium hankyongi — "Simplicispira hankyongi" — Sinirhodobacter hankyongi
Acetobacter hansenii — Blautia hansenii — Corynebacterium hansenii — Desulfofaba hansenii — Desulfomusa hansenii — Gluconacetobacter hansenii corrig. — Gluconoacetobacter hansenii — "Komagatabacter hansenii" — Komagataeibacter hansenii — Novacetimonas hansenii — Ruminococcus hansenii — Streptococcus hansenii
"Achromobacter harveyi" — Beneckea harveyi — Borrelia harveyi — Lucibacterium harveyi — "Spirochaeta harveyi" — Vibrio harveyi
"Candidatus Protistibacter heckmannii" corrig. — "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmanni" — "Candidatus Protistobacter heckmannii" corrig.
Clostridium huakuii — Jeotgalicoccus huakuii — Kurthia huakuii — Mesorhizobium huakuii — Rhizobium huakuii
Butyrivibrio hungatei — Clostridium hungatei — Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. — Methanospirillum hungatii — Ruminiclostridium hungatei
"Acinetobacter ihumii" — "Actinomyces ihuae" — "Actinomyces ihumii" — "Candidatus Alistipes ihumii" — Alistipes ihumii — "Anaerococcus ihuae" — "Arcanobacterium ihumii" — "Bacteroides ihuae" — "Bacteroides ihuae" — "Brevibacterium ihuae" — "Candidatus Clostridium ihumii" — "Clostridium ihumii" — "Collinsella ihuae" — Collinsella ihumii — "Corynebacterium ihumii" — "Halobacillus ihumii" — "Microbacterium ihumii" — "Paenibacillus ihuae" — Paenibacillus ihumii — "Prevotella ihumii" — "Virgibacillus ihumii"
Aequorivita iocasae — Algoriphagus iocasae — Alteromonas iocasae — Bacillus iocasae — Domibacillus iocasae — "Fictibacillus iocasae" — Metabacillus iocasae — Muricauda iocasae — Nitrincola iocasae — Novosphingopyxis iocasae — Salinimonas iocasae
Aquaspirillum itersonii — "Levispirillum itersonii" — Novispirillum itersonii — "Spirillum itersonii"
Marinobacterium jannaschii — Methanocaldococcus jannaschii — Methanococcus jannaschii — Oceanospirillum jannaschii — Thialkalivibrio jannaschii — Thioalkalivibrio jannaschii corrig.
Acidipropionibacterium jensenii — Lactobacillus jensenii — Nocardioides jensenii — Pimelobacter jensenii — Propionibacterium jensenii
Acinetobacter johnsonii — Actinomyces johnsonii — "Candidatus Borrelia johnsonii" — Cytophaga johnsonae — Flavobacterium johnsonae — Flavobacterium johnsoniae corrig. — Halomonas johnsoniae — Hyphomonas johnsonii — Lactobacillus johnsonii — Leptospira johnsonii — "Leptospira johnsonii" — Parabacteroides johnsonii