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Epithets ending in -cola stand for "inhabitant of". Sometimes the full version incola is used. These epithets can be in the masculine or feminine gender [Rule 65 (1)] and are used as a nominative in apposition [Rule 12c (2)]. Accordingly, their gender does not reflect the gender of the genus name. The species and subspecies names found in LPSN and including such epithets are listed below. 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.
Amycolatopsis acidicola — Bacillus acidicola — Heyndrickxia acidicola — Paraburkholderia acidicola — Pseudonocardia acidicola — Streptomyces acidicola — Thermogymnomonas acidicola
Arcobacter acticola — Loktanella acticola — "Pseudoarcobacter acticola" — Pseudohongiella acticola — Yoonia acticola
Algoriphagus aestuariicola — Limimaricola aestuariicola — Loktanella aestuariicola — "Pseudopontivivens aestuariicola"
Alkalihalobacillus algicola — Allomuricauda algicola — Aquimarina algicola — Arenibacter algicola — Bacillus algicola — Butyratibacter algicola — Cellulomonas algicola — Cellulophaga algicola — Coraliomargarita algicola — Crocinitomix algicola — Devosia algicola — Euzebyella algicola — Falsirhodobacter algicola — Falsiroseomonas algicola — "Fibrivirga algicola" — Flagellimonas algicola — Flavihalobacter algicola — Flavivirga algicola — Flavobacterium algicola — Henriciella algicola — Hoeflea algicola — Lacinutrix algicola — Lyngbya algicola — Mangrovicoccus algicola — Maribacter algicola — Marinagarivorans algicola — Marinicauda algicola — Marinobacter algicola — Marinomonas algicola — Marinovum algicola — Muricauda algicola — Octadecabacter algicola — Olleya algicola — Ornithinimicrobium algicola — Paenibacillus algicola — Paraconexibacter algicola — Parasphingopyxis algicola — Parasulfitobacter algicola — Polycyclovorans algicola — "Pseudalkalibacillus algicola" — Pseudotabrizicola algicola — Psychroserpens algicola — Psychrosphaera algicola — Ramlibacter algicola — Roseibium algicola — Roseobacter algicola — Roseomonas algicola — Ruegeria algicola — Seonamhaeicola algicola — Shewanella algicola — Silanimonas algicola — Silicimonas algicola — Sphingobium algicola — Sulfitobacter algicola — Tabrizicola algicola — Thalassotalea algicola — Vibrio algicola — Winogradskyella algicola — Yoonia algicola
Aphanocapsa virescens var. alpicola — Bichatia alpicola — Coccochloris alpicola — Gloeocapsa alpicola
Aquincola amnicola — Ferriphaselus amnicola — Flavobacterium amnicola — Mucilaginibacter amnicola — Orrella amnicola — Sheuella amnicola — Tahibacter amnicola — Undibacterium amnicola
"Candidatus Adiacens aphidicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Adiaceo aphidicola" — Buchnera aphidicola — "Candidatus Consessor aphidicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Consessoris aphidicola" — Erwinia aphidicola
Arsenophonus apicola — Bifidobacterium apicola — Gilliamella apicola — "Candidatus Gilliamella apicola" — Xylocopilactobacillus apicola
Alteraurantiacibacter aquimixticola — Altererythrobacter aquimixticola — Aurantiacibacter aquimixticola — Christiangramia aquimixticola — Erythrobacter aquimixticola — Gramella aquimixticola
Larkinella arboricola — Lyngbya arboricola — Phormidium arboricola — Pycnacronema arboricola corrig. — Tolypothrix arboricola — Winslowiella arboricola — Xanthomonas arboricola
"Cylindrospermum arenicola" — Deinococcus arenicola — Gracilinea arenicola — Marinomonas arenicola — Neolyngbya arenicola — Salinispora arenicola
Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola — Octadecabacter ascidiaceicola — Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola — Tenacibaculum ascidiaceicola
"Candidatus Alistipes avicola" — "Candidatus Anaerobutyricum avicola" — "Candidatus Anaerostipes avicola" — "Candidatus Aphodovivens avicola" — "Candidatus Avilachnospira avicola" — "Candidatus Avipropionibacterium avicola" — "Candidatus Avoscillospira avicola" — "Candidatus Bacteroides avicola" — "Candidatus Blautia avicola" — "Candidatus Borkfalkia avicola" — "Candidatus Butyricicoccus avicola" — "Candidatus Caccousia avicola" — "Candidatus Coproplasma avicola" — "Candidatus Coprousia avicola" — "Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola" — "Candidatus Cryptobacteroides avicola" — "Candidatus Enterenecus avicola" — "Candidatus Enterococcus avicola" — "Candidatus Enterousia avicola" — "Candidatus Fimisoma avicola" — "Candidatus Flavonifractor avicola" — "Candidatus Gemmiger avicola" — "Candidatus Gordonibacter avicola" — "Candidatus Helicobacter avicola" — "Candidatus Lachnoclostridium avicola" — "Candidatus Limenecus avicola" — "Candidatus Limimorpha avicola" — "Candidatus Luteococcus avicola" — "Candidatus Mediterraneibacter avicola" — "Candidatus Methanospyradousia avicola" — "Candidatus Olsenella avicola" — "Candidatus Onthomonas avicola" — "Candidatus Ornithospirochaeta avicola" — "Candidatus Parachristensenella avicola" — "Candidatus Prevotella avicola" — "Candidatus Pullichristensenella avicola" — "Candidatus Rothia avicola" — "Candidatus Ventrenecus avicola"
Adlercreutzia caecicola — "Candidatus Avimonas caecicola" — Bacteroides caecicola — "Candidatus Gallimonas caecicola" — Leptogranulimonas caecicola — Limosilactobacillus caecicola — Muribaculum caecicola — Parvibacter caecicola — "Phocaeicola caecicola" — "Xylanibacter caecicola"
Clostridium caenicola — Fermentimonas caenicola — "Candidatus Lustribacter caenicola" — "Candidatus Methanogranum caenicola" — Novipirellula caenicola — Rhodopirellula caenicola — Thermoclostridium caenicola
"Chroococcus calcicola" — Chroococcus calcicola — Dasygloea calcicola corrig. — Gloeocapsa calcicola — Hypheothrix calcicola — Mesorhizobium calcicola — Nostoc calcicola — Phormidium calcicola — Polychlamydum calcicola corrig. — Schizothrix calcicola — Scytonema calcicola corrig. — Scytonema hofmannii var. calcicola
"Aeromonas cavernicola" — Antrihabitans cavernicola — Chalicogloea cavernicola — Ialomitzia cavernicola — "Loriellopsis cavernicola" — Nostoc cavernicola — Prauserella cavernicola — Pseudomonas cavernicola — Rhodococcus cavernicola — Spelaeibacter cavernicola — Streptacidiphilus cavernicola — Streptomyces cavernicola — Symphyonema cavernicola — Tolypothrix cavernicola
"Candidatus Baumannia cicadellinicola" — "Candidatus Lindabaumannia cicadellinicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Palibaumannia cicadellinicola" corrig.
Brachythrix confervicola — Calothrix confervicola — Chamaesiphon confervicola — "Desmarestella confervicola" — "Elisa confervicola" — "Leibleinia confervicola"
Janibacter corallicola — "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" — "Prasinibacter corallicola" — Sessilibacter corallicola — Splendidivirga corallicola — Sulfidibacter corallicola
Aliikangiella coralliicola — Motiliproteus coralliicola — Nocardiopsis coralliicola — Prauserella coralliicola — Sanyastnella coralliicola
Aerophototrophica crusticola — "Arthrobacter crusticola" — Dyadobacter crusticola — Hymenobacter crusticola — Methylobacterium crusticola — Sphingomonas crusticola
Bacteroides denticola — Prevotella denticola — "Schaalia dentiphila subsp. denticola" — Treponema denticola — "Treponema denticola"
Anaerosporobacter faecicola — Anaerotignum faecicola — Blautia faecicola — "Candidatus Neoruminococcus faecicola" — Phocaeicola faecicola — Succinivibrio faecicola
Holzapfelia floricola — Holzapfeliella floricola — Lactobacillus floricola — Saccharibacter floricola — Spiroplasma floricola
"Aphanocapsa fonticola" — "Bacillus fonticola" — Calothrix fonticola — Deinococcus fonticola — Herminiimonas fonticola — Hypheothrix fonticola — Inhella fonticola — Leptochaete fonticola — Limnococcus fonticola — Lyngbya fonticola — Marinobacter fonticola — Microcoleus fonticola — Nocardioides fonticola — Nostoc fonticola — Oscillatoria fonticola — Paenibacillus fonticola — Phormidium fonticola — Serratia fonticola — Sphingomonas fonticola — Thalassotalea fonticola — Thermogemmata fonticola
Cellulophaga fucicola — Chamaecalyx fucicola — Dermocarpa fucicola — Dichothrix fucicola — Mariniblastus fucicola — Sphaenosiphon fucicola
Christiangramia gaetbulicola — Gramella gaetbulicola — Photobacterium gaetbulicola — Salinimicrobium gaetbulicola
"Arthrobacter gallicola" — Arthrobacter gallicola — "Candidatus Neochristensenella gallicola" — "Candidatus Protoclostridium gallicola"
Anabaena gelatinicola — Leptolyngbya gelatinicola — Lyngbya circumcreta var. gelatinicola — Lyngbya lagerheimii var. gelatinicola — Phormidium gelatinicola — Trichormus gelatinicola corrig.
"Algoriphagus halophytocola" — Glutamicibacter halophytocola — "Heterorhizobium halophytocola" — "Kineococcus halophytocola" — Rhizobium halophytocola — Streptomyces halophytocola
Anabaena humicola — Aquabacterium humicola — Arthrobacter humicola — Chitinophaga humicola — Collimonas humicola — Cylindrospermum humicola — Dyella humicola — Flavobacterium humicola — Hymenobacter humicola — Larkinella humicola — Microbacterium humicola — "Paenibacillus humicola" — Pedobacter humicola — Rhodococcus humicola — Streptomyces humicola — Telluribacter humicola — Variovorax humicola
"Candidatus Arsenophonus insecticola" — Burkholderia insecticola — Caballeronia insecticola — Lactococcus insecticola — Leucobacter insecticola — "Candidatus Regiella insecticola" — "Candidatus Zinderia insecticola"
"Candidatus Aceella lacicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Aceula lacicola" — Flavobacterium lacicola — Rhodoluna lacicola — "Candidatus Rhodoluna lacicola" — "Candidatus Tritonobacter lacicola"
Actinoplanes lichenicola — Edaphobacter lichenicola — Melittangium lichenicola — Naasia lichenicola — Paracoccus lichenicola — Paractinoplanes lichenicola — Tundrisphaera lichenicola — Tunturibacter lichenicola — Tunturiibacter lichenicola corrig.
Bichatia lignicola — Gloeocapsa aeruginosa f. lignicola — Gloeocapsa lignicola — Hassallia byssoidea f. lignicola — Leptolyngbya lignicola — Phormidium lignicola — Raoultella lignicola — "Sirosiphon lignicola" — Tolypothrix lignicola
Anabaena cylindrica f. limnicola — Calothrix limnicola — Coelosphaerium limnicola — Synechococcus cedrorum var. limnicola
Dyadobacter luticola — Geobacter luticola — Geomobilimonas luticola — Gilvirhabdus luticola — "Lyngbya chalybea var. luticola"
Alishewanella maricola — Halioglobus maricola — Loktanella maricola — Oscillatoria maricola — Rheinheimera maricola — Yoonia maricola
Algoriphagus marincola — Gangjinia marincola — Hongiella marincola — Pseudomonas marincola — Psychrobacter marincola — Streptomyces marincola — Winogradskyella marincola
Acidovorax monticola — Burkholderia monticola — "Chthonoblastus monticola" — Dyella monticola — Hymenobacter monticola — Kribbella monticola — Microcoleus vaginatus var. monticola — Paenacidovorax monticola — Paenibacillus monticola — Paraburkholderia monticola — Ramlibacter monticola — Streptacidiphilus monticola — "Streptomyces monticola"
Dactylococcopsis mucicola — Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides f. mucicola — Homoeothrix mucicola — Leptolyngbya mucicola — Lyngbya mucicola — Oscillatoria mucicola — Phormidium mucicola — Plectonema mucicola — "Pseudanabaena mucicola" — Pseudophormidium mucicola — Tapinothrix mucicola
Aphanocapsa muscicola — Coccochloris muscicola — Cyanocloster muscicola corrig. — Cylindrospermum muscicola — "Drilosiphon muscicola" — Fischerella muscicola — Hapalosiphon muscicola — "Hydrocoleum muscicola" corrig. — Hydrocoleum muscicola — Kovacikia muscicola — Microcystis muscicola — Stigonema muscicola
"Bacillus oryzicola" — Neoroseomonas oryzicola — Pseudomonas oryzicola — Rhizobium oryzicola — Roseomonas oryzicola — Spirosoma oryzicola — "Streptomyces shenzhenensis subsp. oryzicola"
Anaeromyxobacter paludicola — Cylindrospermum paludicola — Granulicella paludicola — Methanocella paludicola — Microbacterium paludicola — Propionicimonas paludicola — Schlesneria paludicola — "Sideroxydans paludicola" — Symploca paludicola — Thermomonas paludicola — Trichococcus paludicola
Flavobacterium pedocola — Hymenobacter pedocola — "Lysobacter pedocola" — Mucilaginibacter pedocola — Niabella pedocola — Noviherbaspirillum pedocola — Paenibacillus pedocola — Rhodococcus pedocola — Sphingobacterium pedocola
"Candidatus Annandia pinicola" — "Candidatus Annandiella pinicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Hartigia pinicola" — Streptacidiphilus pinicola — "Candidatus Theodorhartigia pinicola" corrig.
Acinetobacter piscicola — Aeromonas piscicola — Bacillus piscicola — Carnobacterium piscicola — Chryseobacterium piscicola — Lactobacillus piscicola — Photobacterium piscicola — Pseudidiomarina piscicola — Pseudomonas piscicola
Aliishimia ponticola — Alteromonas ponticola — Colwellia ponticola — Croceicoccus ponticola — "Dokdonia ponticola" — Falsiroseomonas ponticola — Hanstruepera ponticola — Loktanella ponticola — Nonlabens ponticola — Octadecabacter ponticola — Polaribacter ponticola — Pseudobizionia ponticola — Psychroserpens ponticola — Roseomonas ponticola — "Roseovarius ponticola" — Shimia ponticola — Thalassotalea ponticola — Yoonia ponticola — Zhongshania ponticola
"Candidatus Acutalibacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Agathobaculum pullicola" — "Candidatus Agrococcus pullicola" — "Candidatus Alistipes pullicola" — "Candidatus Alloenteromonas pullicola" corrig. — "Candidatus Allofournierella pullicola" — "Candidatus Anaerobiospirillum pullicola" — Arthrobacter pullicola — "Arthrobacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Avimuribaculum pullicola" — "Candidatus Avisuccinivibrio pullicola" — "Candidatus Bacteroides pullicola" — "Candidatus Blautia pullicola" — "Candidatus Companilactobacillus pullicola" — "Candidatus Coprenecus pullicola" — "Candidatus Coprocola pullicola" — "Candidatus Cryptobacteroides pullicola" — "Candidatus Egerieicola pullicola" — "Candidatus Eisenbergiella pullicola" — "Candidatus Enteromonas pullicola" — "Candidatus Eubacterium pullicola" — "Candidatus Fournierella pullicola" — "Candidatus Fusobacterium pullicola" — "Candidatus Gallacutalibacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Hungatella pullicola" — "Candidatus Jeotgalibaca pullicola" — "Candidatus Lawsonibacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Limiplasma pullicola" — "Candidatus Mediterraneibacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Merdenecus pullicola" — "Candidatus Merdivivens pullicola" — "Candidatus Olsenella pullicola" — "Candidatus Oscillibacter pullicola" — "Candidatus Scatomorpha pullicola" — "Candidatus Scatosoma pullicola" — "Candidatus Stercoripulliclostridium pullicola" — "Candidatus Tetragenococcus pullicola"
Agarilytica rhodophyticola — Devosia rhodophyticola — Marinomonas rhodophyticola — Nitratireductor rhodophyticola — Roseovarius rhodophyticola — Yoonia rhodophyticola
Actinomyces ruminicola — Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. ruminicola — Bacteroides ruminicola — Cellulosilyticum ruminicola — "Kurthia ruminicola" — Prevotella ruminicola subsp. ruminicola — Prevotella ruminicola — "Ruminobacter ruminicola" — Streptococcus ruminicola — Xylanibacter ruminicola
Bichatia rupicola — Dichothrix rupicola — Diplonema rupicola — Gloeocapsa rupicola — "Lyngbya rupicola" — Microcoleus rupicola — "Oscillaria rupicola" — Oscillatoria rupicola — Phormidium rupicola corrig. — "Schizosiphon rupicola" — Schizothrix rupicola
Calothrix parietina var. sabulicola — Holopedium sabulicola corrig. — Merismopedia sabulicola — Microcrocis sabulicola
Aphanothece saxicola — Bichatia saxicola — Deinococcus saxicola — Elainella saxicola — Filarszkya saxicola — Gloeocapsa alpina var. saxicola — Hassallia byssoidea f. saxicola — Hassallia rechingeri f. saxicola — Katagnymene saxicola — Leptolyngbya saxicola — Lyngbya saxicola — Phormidium angustissimum var. saxicola — Sandaracinobacteroides saxicola — "Candidatus Spiritibacter saxicola" — Tolypothrix byssoidea f. saxicola
Anaerocolumna sedimenticola — Flavobacterium sedimenticola — Maribacter sedimenticola — Paraferrimonas sedimenticola — Salinibacterium sedimenticola
Aestuariivivens sediminicola — "Albidovulum sediminicola" — Aquisediminimonas sediminicola — Burkholderia sediminicola — Cereibacter sediminicola — Christiangramia sediminicola — Clostridium sediminicola — Demequina sediminicola — Ferrimonas sediminicola — Gracilimonas sediminicola — Halococcus sediminicola — Halomonas sediminicola — Hymenobacter sediminicola — Lysobacter sediminicola — "Marinobacter sediminicola" — Marinobacterium sediminicola — Microbacterium sediminicola — Micromonospora sediminicola — Neoroseomonas sediminicola — Novosphingobium sediminicola — Oceanirhabdus sediminicola — Oceanispirochaeta sediminicola — Paraburkholderia sediminicola — Paracoccus sediminicola — Paraoerskovia sediminicola — Pelagibacterium sediminicola — Pelagivirga sediminicola — Psychromarinibacter sediminicola — Rhodobacter sediminicola — "Roseibium sediminicola" — Roseimaritima sediminicola — Roseomonas sediminicola — "Roseovarius sediminicola" — Sphingomonas sediminicola — "Streptomyces sediminicola" — Sulfurisoma sediminicola — Tropicimonas sediminicola — Uliginosibacterium sediminicola
Chryseobacterium solincola — Cylindrospermum solincola — Kaistella solincola — Streptomyces solincola
Anabaena sphagnicola — Chamaesiphon sphagnicola — Dermocarpa sphagnicola — Dermocarpella sphagnicola — Microchaete sphagnicola — Neosynechococcus sphagnicola — Rhodoblastus sphagnicola
Aliamphritea spongicola — Amphritea spongicola — Formosa spongicola — Kangiella spongicola — "Micromonospora spongicola" — Phormidium spongicola — Roseivirga spongicola — Xanthomarina spongicola
Actinomadura spongiicola — Allomuricauda spongiicola — Aquimarina spongiicola — "Corallincola spongiicola" — Flagellimonas spongiicola — Flavivirga spongiicola — Jejuia spongiicola — Lysobacter spongiicola — Maribacter spongiicola — Muricauda spongiicola — Novilysobacter spongiicola — "Pacificispira spongiicola" — Pseudogemmatithrix spongiicola — Rhodococcus spongiicola — Streptomyces spongiicola
"Candidatus Lernaella stagnicola" — Spirulina stagnicola — "Candidatus Susulua stagnicola" — "Candidatus Susuluia stagnicola" corrig.
Blastomonas ursincola — "Erythromicrobium ursincola" — Erythromonas ursincola — Sphingomonas ursincola