Species names derived from present participles A-M

Species epithets whose last component is a present participle (usually ending in -ens or -ans) can be in any gender. They are treated like Group B adjectives and belong to the third declension. The actual gender is determined by the gender of the genus name [Rule 12c (1)]. One part of the list of epithets formed in that manner is provided below. Genus names and subspecies names derived from present participles are not listed here. A special case is genes, which originally is an Ancient Greek suffix meaning "born from" but is nowadays mainly used as a Neolatin suffix meaning "producing". 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. This is a special case of Group B adjectives.

"Acidiferrimicrobium ferridurans"Acidithiobacillus ferriduransAcidocella aluminiiduransActinacidiphila acididuransAdhaeribacter radioduransAlcalilimnicola haloduransAlkalihalobacillus haloduransAlkalilimnicola halodurans corrig.Alsobacter metalliduransAlterisphingomonas radioduransAmycolatopsis acididuransAneurinibacillus uraniiduransAridibacter famiduransArthrobacter haloduransBacillus haloduransBacillus psychroduransBacillus saliduransBacillus sporothermodurans"Bacillus xerothermodurans"Brevibacterium metalliduransCompanilactobacillus haloduransCupriavidus metalliduransDeinococcus radioduransDesulfosporosinus acididuransDesulfosporosinus metalliduransDyella haloduransDyella psychroduransEnterococcus duransFalsiroseomonas selenitiduransFerdinandcohnia salidurans corrig.Flavobacterium aciduransFredinandcohnia salidurans"Candidatus Gallionella acididurans"Halalkalibacterium haloduransHalomonas haloduransHalomonas zinciduransHalorubrum haloduransHeyndrickxia sporothermodurans"Hymenobacter radiodurans"Lactobacillus haloduransLentibacillus haloduransMaribacter cobaltiduransMarinobacter haloduransMarivibrio haloduransMesorhizobium metalliduransMethanobrevibacter acididuransMethylobacterium durans"Methylobacterium radiodurans"Microbacterium radiodurans"Micrococcus radiodurans"Micromonospora nickeliduransModicisalibacter zinciduransMucilaginibacter metalliduransMuricoccus radioduransNocardia acididuransPaenibacillus xerothermoduransPararoseomonas radioduransPediococcus ethanolidurans"Pseudomonas halodurans"Psychrobacillus psychroduransPsychrobacter haloduransRalstonia metallidurans"Rheinheimera metallidurans"Rhizobium metallidurans"Rhodopila acididurans"Roseivivax haloduransRoseomonas radioduransRoseomonas selenitiduransSalinicoccus haloduransSphingomonas radioduransStreptococcus duransStreptomyces acididuransStreptomyces plumbiduransThalassococcus haloduransVirgibacillus saliduransWautersia metallidurans

Acetobacter liquefaciensAcetobacter liquefaciensAchromobacter aegrifaciensAcidisphaera rubrifaciensAdlercreutzia equolifaciens"Aerobacter liquefaciens"Alteromonas nigrifaciensAlteromonas putrefaciensAquibacter zeaxanthinifaciensArthrobacter ureafaciensAureobacterium liquefaciensBacillus acidinfaciensBacillus multifaciensBacillus pulvifaciens"Bacillus putrefaciens""Bacterium flaccumfaciens"Bacteroides acidifaciens"Bacteroides aerofaciens"Bacteroides propionicifaciensBrenneria rubrifaciensBrevibacterium liquefaciensClostridium putrefaciensCollinsella aerofaciensCorynebacterium flaccumfaciensCorynebacterium liquefaciensCorynebacterium mucifaciens"Corynebacterium ureafaciens"Cosenzaea myxofaciensCrystallibacter crystallifaciens"Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens"Curtobacterium flaccumfaciensDialister propionicifaciens"Eberthella alcalifaciens"Ellagibacter isourolithinifaciens"Candidatus Endobryopsis kahalalidifaciens" corrig."Candidatus Endohaliclona renieramycinifaciens""Enterobacter liquefaciens"Erwinia rubrifaciens"Candidatus Escherichia kahalalidifaciens"Eubacterium aerofaciens"Ferrovum myxofaciens""Ferrovum myxofaciens"Globicatella sulfidifaciensGluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig.Gluconoacetobacter liquefaciens"Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig."Gluconobacter liquifaciens"Gordonibacter urolithinfaciensKitasatospora aureofaciens"Kitasatospora viridifaciens""Lacicoccus halitifaciens"Lactobacillus kefiranofaciensLutimonas zeaxanthinifaciensMesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciensMicrobacterium liquefaciensMicromonospora viridifaciens"Moraxella liquefaciens"Mycoplasma lipofaciensMycoplasma putrefaciensMycoplasmopsis lipofaciensNatronorubrum sulfidifaciensNubsella zeaxanthinifaciensPaenarthrobacter ureafaciensPaenibacillus pulvifaciens"Candidatus Palauibacter polyketidifaciens""Candidatus Palauibacter ramosifaciens""Palmula putrefaciens""Parabacteroides acidifaciens"Parabacteroides acidifaciens"Parabacteroides vesiculifaciens"Paracoccus carotinifaciensParacoccus zeaxanthinifaciensParastakelama spermidinifaciensPedobacter zeaxanthinifaciensPropionibacterium acidifaciensProteus myxofaciensProvidencia alcalifaciensPseudoalteromonas nigrifaciensPseudomonas aureofaciens"Pseudomonas coronafaciens"Pseudosphingomonas astaxanthinifaciensPseudostakelama floccifaciensRhizomonas suberifaciensRhizorhapis suberifaciensRobiginitalea myxolifaciensRubritalea squalenifaciensRuminococcus flavefaciensSalinicoccus halitifaciensSerratia liquefaciens"Serratia liquifaciens""Serratia surfactantfaciens"Shewanella putrefaciensSiansivirga zeaxanthinifaciensSiminovitchia acidinfaciensSlackia equolifaciensSphingobium suberifaciensSphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciensSphingomonas astaxanthinifaciensSphingomonas benefaciensSphingomonas carotinifaciensSphingomonas floccifaciensSphingomonas nostoxanthinifaciensSphingomonas spermidinifaciensSphingomonas suberifaciensStreptomyces albofaciensStreptomyces ambofaciensStreptomyces aureofaciens"Streptomyces coriofaciens"Streptomyces graminofaciensStreptomyces melanosporofaciensStreptomyces nigrifaciensStreptomyces phaeofaciens"Streptomyces rimofaciens"Streptomyces roseifaciensStreptomyces sulfonofaciens"Streptoverticillium rimofaciens"Sulfobacillus benefaciensTreponema succinifaciensZobellia alginiliquefaciens

Abyssisolibacter fermentansAcetobacter oryzifermentansAcidaminococcus fermentansActinotalea fermentansAlkalibacter saccharofermentansAlkaliphilus peptidifermentans corrig."Candidatus Anaerohabitans fermentans"Anaeropeptidivorans aminofermentansAnaerotignum lactatifermentansAnoxybacter fermentans"Candidatus Atribacter allofermentans""Candidatus Atribacter alterifermentans""Bacillus bifermentans"Bacillus glycinifermentans"Candidatus Bathycorpusculum fermentans"Brachybacterium tyrofermentans"Candidatus Brevefilum fermentans"Brevibacterium fermentans"Candidatus Brevifilum fermentans" corrig."Candidatus Caldatribacterium saccharofermentans""Caldatribacterium saccharofermentans"Caproicibacter fermentansCaproicibacterium lactatifermentansCellulomonas fermentansClostridium bifermentans"Clostridium cellulofermentans"Clostridium lactatifermentansClostridium phytofermentansCorynebacterium afermentansCytophaga fermentansDesulfurococcus fermentansDyadobacter fermentans"Flavobacterium farinofermentans"Gallibacterium trehalosifermentansGeothrix fermentansGluconacetobacter sucrofermentansHalanaerobium fermentans corrig.Haloanaerobium fermentans"Indicimonas acetifermentans""Komagatabacter sucrofermentans"Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans"Lachnoclostridium phytofermentans"Lactiplantibacillus fabifermentansLactobacillus bifermentansLactobacillus fabifermentansLactobacillus malefermentansLactobacillus oligofermentansLoigolactobacillus bifermentansLutispora saccharofermentansMacellibacteroides fermentans"Martellillus bifermentans""Candidatus Melinoarchaeum fermentans"Mycoplasma fermentansMycoplasmopsis fermentansPaludibaculum fermentansParaclostridium bifermentansPaucilactobacillus oligofermentansPelorhabdus rhamnosifermentansPelosinus fermentans"Candidatus Pelosinus lactatifermentans"Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans"Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans""Psychrosinus fermentans""Candidatus Rehaiarchaeum fermentans"Rhodoferax fermentansRodentibacter trehalosifermentansRoseiarcus fermentansRuminiclostridium herbifermentansSaccharicrinis fermentansSecundilactobacillus malefermentans"Candidatus Sordicultor fermentans""Sporolactobacillus fermentans""Staphylococcus afermentans"Staphylococcus piscifermentans"Candidatus Stramentimicrobium fermentans"Streptococcus fermentansStreptococcus oligofermentansStreptomyces fructofermentansTepidibacillus fermentansVagococcus acidifermentansVariimorphobacter saccharofermentans"Waltera fermentans"

Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformansAcidaminobacter hydrogenoformansActinomadura sporangiiformansAestuariispira ectoiniformansAllisonella histaminiformansAnaerobaculum hydrogeniformansAnaerofustis butyriciformansBacillus azotoformansBacillus ectoiniformans"Bacillus gonidiaformans""Bacterium zoogleiformans""Bacterium zoogleoformans" corrig.Bacteroides zoogleoformans"Caecibacterium sporoformans"Caecibacterium sporoformansCalidifontibacillus azotoformansCapsularis zoogleiformansCapsularis zoogleoformans corrig.Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformansCereibacter azotoformansClostridium hydrogeniformans"Corynebacterium laevaniformans""Candidatus Defluviicoccus tetradiiformans" corrig."Candidatus Dehalogenimonas etheniformans"Dehalogenimonas etheniformansDialister histaminiformansDulcicalothrix necridiiformans"Eubacterium acidiformans"Faecalicoccus acidiformansFortiea necridiiformansFusobacterium gonidiaformans"Gallionella capsiferriformans"Gaoshiqia hydrogeniformans"Halanaerobium hydrogeniformans""Halanaerobium hydrogenoformans"Luteovulum azotoformans"Luteovulum azotoformans""Candidatus Manganitrophus noduliformans"Meiothermus cateniformansMicrobacterium laevaniformans"Microbispora cellulosiformans"Nocardiopsis synnemataformansOculatella crustiformans corrig."Peteryoungia rosettiformans"Prevotella zoogleoformansProteinivorax hydrogeniformansPseudomonas azotoformansRhizobium rosettiformansRhodobacter azotoformansRuthenibacterium lactatiformansSchinkia azotoformans"Sporanaerobium hydrogeniformans"Streptomyces sporangiiformansStreptomyces synnematoformansSuicoccus acidiformansThermoanaerobacterium butyriciformansThermorhabdus hydrogeniformansThermosipho globiformans

"Acetobacter polyoxogenes"Acetobacteroides hydrogenigenesActinobacillus succinogenesActinomadura nitritigenesActinomyces acetigenes"Actinomyces diastatochromogenes"Actinomyces pyogenesActinomyces pyogenesActinoplanes ianthinogenes"Acuformis alcaligenes"Aedoeadaptatus acetigenesAgrobacterium rhizogenesAlkalibaculum sporogenesAnaerophilus nitritigenes corrig.Anaerophilus nitritogenesAquipseudomonas alcaligenesAquitalea pelogenes"Candidatus Arcanobacter pyogenes"Arcanobacterium pyogenesArminella tumorigenesAzomonas macrocytogenesAzomonotrichon macrocytogenes"Azotobacter lacticogenes"Azotobacter macrocytogenes"Bacillus necrogenes""Bacillus pyogenes""Bacillus scatologenes""Bacillus sporogenes""Bacterium ammoniagenes""Bacterium monocytogenes"Bacteroides helcogenesBacteroides propionicigenesBacteroides pyogenesBacteroides succinogenesBeneckea gazogenes"Beneckea gazogenes"Biomaibacter acetigenesBrevibacterium ammoniagenes"Brevibacterium erythrogenes"Brooklawnia propionicigenesCaminicella sporogenesChryseobacterium electrogenesChryseobacterium indologenesClostridium gasigenes"Clostridium indologenes"Clostridium nitritogenes"Clostridium saprogenes"Clostridium scatologenesClostridium sporogenesClostridium sulfidigenesClostridium thermosulfurigenes corrig.Clostridium thermosulfurogenesCollinsella acetigenes"Colobactrum aerogenes"Corynebacterium ammoniagenesCorynebacterium pyogenesCurtobacterium ammoniigenes"Dehalococcoides ethenogenes"Desulfocapsa thiozymogenesDesulfonispora thiosulfatigenesDorea acetigenesEnterobacter aerogenesErcella succinigenes"Erysipelothrix monocytogenes"Eubacterium coprostanoligenesEubacterium nitritogenesFaecalicatena acetigenesFibrobacter succinogenesFlavobacterium ammoniigenesFlavobacterium indologenesFusobacterium necrogenesGeobacter thiogenes"Gluconacetobacter polyoxogenes"Hallerella succinigenesHaloimpatiens sporogenesHalopelagius fulvigenesHaloplanus aerogenes"Helcococcus pyogenes""Kineococcus auxinigenes"Kingella indologenesKlebsiella aerogenesLachnospira acetigenesLechevalieria aerocolonigenesLentzea aerocolonigenes"Leptothrix trichogenes"Listeria monocytogenesLysobacter enzymogenesMannheimia indoligenesMartinezella rhizogenesMediterraneibacter butyricigenes"Mengyingia acetigenes"Methylobacillus glycogenesMicrobispora amethystogenesMicrobispora chromogenes"Micrococcus colpogenes"Moryella indoligenesMyceligenerans crystallogenesMycobacterium farcinogenesMycolicibacterium farcinogenesNatranaeroarchaeum sulfidigenes"Necromonas achromogenes""Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes""Nocardia aerocolonigenes"Nocardiopsis chromatogenesOlsenella scatoligenesOscillibacter acetigenesOscillibacter valericigenesOxalobacter formigenes"Paenibacillus tyraminigenes"Paludibacter propionicigenesParabacteroides propionicigenes"Paralentihominibacter butyricigenes"Pasteurella aerogenesPelagicoccus enzymogenesPelobacter seleniigenes"Peptococcus aerogenes"Phocaeicola acetigenes"Phytomonas rhizogenes""Plectridium indologenes"Proteiniborus ethanoligenesProteiniphilum acetatigenes"Pseudogluconobacter saccharoketogenes"Pseudomonas alcaligenesPseudomonas bananamidigenesPseudomonas promysalinigenesPseudomonas sessilinigenesPseudomonas tensinigenesPseudomonas xantholysinigenesPsychrobacter fulvigenesPyrinomonas methylaliphatogenesRhizobium rhizogenesRhizobium tumorigenesRoseomonas indoligenes"Ruminobacter succinogenes"Ruminococcus sporogenesSaccharofermentans acetigenesSaccharothrix aerocolonigenesSeleniibacterium seleniigenesSporanaerobacter acetigenesStaphylococcus chromogenesStreptacidiphilus melanogenesStreptococcus pyogenesStreptomyces achromogenes"Streptomyces aerocolonigenes"Streptomyces diastatochromogenes"Streptomyces dimorphogenes"Streptomyces fuscigenesStreptomyces indoligenesStreptomyces melanogenes"Streptomyces myxogenes"Streptomyces phaeogriseichromatogenesStreptomyces phaeoluteichromatogenesStreptomyces sparsogenes"Streptomyces viridogenes"Streptosporangium amethystogenesSuttonella indologenesTepidibacter formicigenesThermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes"Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurogenes"Thermosulfuriphilus ammonigenesToxothrix trichogenesTractidigestivibacter scatoligenesTrichlorobacter thiogenesTrueperella pyogenesVibrio aerogenesVibrio aphrogenesVibrio gazogenes"Vibrio rubrogenes"Vibrio succinogenesWolinella succinogenes

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