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.
Chromatium okenii — Kamptonema okenii — "Monas okenii" — Oscillatoria okenii corrig. — Phormidium okenii
Bacillus pasteurii — Citrobacter pasteurii — "Candidatus Elarobacter pasteuri" — "Candidatus Elarobacter pasteurii" corrig. — "Enterobacter pasteurii" — Klebsiella pasteurii — Lactobacillus pasteurii — Lactosphaera pasteurii — Psychrobacter pasteurii — Ruminococcus pasteurii — Sporosarcina pasteurii — Staphylococcus pasteuri — Trichococcus pasteurii — "Urobacillus pasteurii"
Ancalochloris perfilievii — Jaaginema perfilievii — Oscillatoria perfilievii — Spirochaeta perfilievii — Thiospirochaeta perfilievii
Afifella pfennigii — Clostridium pfennigii — Oxobacter pfennigii — Rhodobium pfennigii — Syntrophobacter pfennigii — "Syntrophobacterium pfennigii" — Thiocapsa pfennigii — Thiococcus pfennigii
Massilia puerhi — Microvirga puerhi — Paenibacillus puerhi — Puerhibacterium puerhi — Telluria puerhi
Bacillus qingshengii — Chitinophaga qingshengii — Mesorhizobium qingshengii — Paenibacillus qingshengii — Priestia qingshengii — Rhodococcus qingshengii — Saccharibacillus qingshengii
"Candidatus Mediterraneibacter quadrami" — "Candidatus Nanosynbacter quadrami" — "Sporosarcina quadrami"
Anabaena raciborskii — Anabaenopsis raciborskii — Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii — Gloeotrichia raciborskii — Oscillatoria raciborskii — Planktothricoides raciborskii — Planktothrix raciborskii — Raphidiopsis raciborskii
"Candidatus Bartonella raoultii" — Bartonella raoultii — "Lactobacillus raoultii" — Lentilactobacillus raoultii — "Peptoniphilus raoultii" — "Peptoniphilus raoultii" — Rickettsia raoultii
"Dermacentroxenus rickettsi" — "Dermacentroxenus rickettsii" corrig. — Rickettsia rickettsi — Rickettsia rickettsii corrig.
Aureobacterium schleiferi — Microbacterium schleiferi — Staphylococcus schleiferi — Winogradskyella schleiferi
Komvophoron schmidlei — Leptolyngbya schmidlei — Plectonema schmidlei — Pseudanabaena schmidlei — Thioploca schmidlei
Acholeplasma seiffertii — "Entomoplasma seiffertii" — Mesoplasma seiffertii — "Tullyiplasma seiffertii"
Bacillus shackletonii — Heyndrickxia shackletonii — Lyngbya shackletonii corrig. — Margalitia shackletonii — Porphyrosiphon shackletonii
Aphanothece shiloi — Cyanothece shiloi — Streptococcus shiloi — Vibrio shiloi — Vibrio shilonii corrig.
Aphanizomenon skujae — Arthrospira skujae — Komvophoron skujae — Pseudanabaena skujae — Stichosiphon skujae
Anabaena smithii — Anathece smithii — Aphanothece smithii — Bacillus smithii — Dactylococcopsis smithii — Dolichospermum smithii — Methanobrevibacter smithii — "Methanocatella smithii" — Microcystis smithii — Rhabdogloea smithii — "Xanthomonas smithii"
Anaerobutyricum soehngenii — "Candidatus Galacturonatibacter soehngenii" corrig. — "Candidatus Galacturonibacter soehngenii" — "Methanosaeta soehngenii" — Methanothrix soehngenii
Arthrobacter stackebrandtii — Photorhabdus stackebrandtii — Planococcus stackebrandtii — Planomicrobium stackebrandtii — "Streptomyces stackebrandtii"
Brevundimonas staleyi — Pirella staleyi — Pirellula staleyi — "Planctomyces staleyi" — Polaribacter staleyi — "Prosthecodimorpha staleyi"
Cyanobacterium stanieri — "Cyanobacterium stanieri" — "Geminocystis stanieri" — Maribacter stanieri — Marinobacterium stanieri — Pseudomonas stanieri
"Candidatus Nanobsidianus stetteri" — "Candidatus Nanobsidianus stetteri" — "Candidatus Nanopusillus stetteri" — Thermococcus stetteri
Flavobacterium swingsii — Gluconacetobacter swingsii — "Komagatabacter swingsii" — Komagataeibacter swingsii — Photobacterium swingsii — "Thaumococcus swingsii"