Subspecies and species names using Group C adjectives

Epithets of species or subspecies can be formed from simple or compound Latin or Neolatin adjectives [Rule 12c (1), Rule 13b]. Group C adjectives are of Greek origin and declined in an unusual way. Their ending is the same for all genders. One part of the species and subspecies names found in LPSN and derived in that manner are shown here, arranged according to the stem of the adjective.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.

"Streptobacillus actinoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Paracolobactrum aerogenoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Kineothrix alysoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Komvophoron anabaenoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena aphanizomenoidesAphanizomenon aphanizomenoidesSphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoidesSphaerospermum aphanizomenoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chroococcus aphanocapsoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Aurantiacibacter arachoidesErythrobacter arachoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Phormidium arthrospiroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Streptomyces aspergilloides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Bifidobacterium asteroides"Cladothrix asteroides"Nocardia asteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Brevundimonas bacteroidesCaulobacter bacteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Vitreoscilla beggiatoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Pegethrix bostrychoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Aphanocapsa botryoides"Byssus botryoides"Gloeocapsa botryoidesMicrohaloa botryoides"Nostoc botryoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Candidatus Burkholderia brachyanthoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Sinobacterium caligoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Leptolyngbya calothrichoidesPlectonema calothrichoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Tolypothrix campylonemoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chamaecalyx chamaesiphonoidesDermocarpa chamaesiphonoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Chlorobaculum chlorovibrioides"Chlorobium chlorovibrioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Candidatus Blochmannia chromaiodes""Candidatus Blochmanniella chromaiodes" corrig.

Probable suffix: -odes/-odes/-odes; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chroococcopsis chroococcoidesCyanosarcina chroococcoidesGloeocapsa chroococcoidesMyxosarcina chroococcoidesXenococcus chroococcoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Lactobacillus collinoidesSecundilactobacillus collinoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Blennothrix comoidesHydrocoleum comoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Lyngbya confervoides"Rheamaris confervoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Chondrococcus coralloides"Corallococcus coralloidesMyxococcus coralloides"Sirosiphon coralloides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Nocardia corynebacterioidesRhodococcus corynebacterioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Cyanocohniella crotaloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Bacterium cylindroides"Eubacterium cylindroidesFaecalitalea cylindroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena cylindrospermoidesTrichormus cylindrospermoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Oscillatoria deflexoidesPhormidium deflexoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Methylocystis echinoides"Methylocystis echinoides"Pseudomonas echinoidesSphingomonas echinoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Dolichospermum ellipsoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Candidatus Sedimenticola endophacoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Hormothamnion enteromorphoidesHydrocoryne enteromorphoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Westiellopsis prolifica subsp. fischerelloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anacystis gloeocapsoidesMyxosarcina gloeocapsoidesPleurocapsa gloeocapsoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Partitiofilum gongyloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Caulobacter halobacteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Oscillatoria hameloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Spiroplasma helicoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Leptolyngbya hormoidesPhormidium hormoidesSommierella hormoidesStigonema hormoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Scytonematopsis hydnoidesSymploca hydnoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Leptospira icteroides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena isocystoidesTrichormus isocystoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Hyalosoris lamprocystoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Brasilonema lichenoidesChroococcidiopsis lichenoidesMacrochaete lichenoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Marivirga lumbricoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Bacillus macroides"Lysinibacillus macroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Sutterella megalosphaeroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Ascococcus mesenteroides"Leuconostoc mesenteroidesLeuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Coelomoron microcystoidesCyanostylon microcystoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Pseudomonas mucoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Corynebacterium mycetoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Asterococcus mycoides"Bacillus mycoidesMycoplasma mycoidesMycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Cytophaga myxococcoides"Sporocytophaga myxococcoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena naviculoidesTrichormus naviculoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Geitlerinema nematodesOscillatoria nematodesPseudanabaena nematodes

Probable suffix: -odes/-odes/-odes; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Mycolicibacterium nivoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Leptolyngbya nostochoidesPhormidium nostochoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Desikacharya nostocoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena oscillarioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Nostoc parmelioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Hyella patelloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chlorobium phaeobacteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chlorobium phaeovibrioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Leptolyngbya phormidioidesPlectonema phormidioidesPseudophormidium phormidioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Gloeocapsa pleurocapsoidesGloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides"Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Schizothrix polytrichoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Blautia pseudococcoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Bacillus pseudomycoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Cyanocystis pseudoxenococcoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Halonotius pteroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Pseudanabaena raphidoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Nematonostoc rhizomorphoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Caudiculophycus rivularioides"Mazaea rivularioides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chondrocystis sarcinoidesCompactococcus sarcinoidesOncobyrsa sarcinoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Dactylococcopsis scenedesmoidesRhabdogloea scenedesmoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Hassallia scytonematoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Pleisomonas shigelloidesPlesiomonas shigelloides corrig."Pseudomonas shigelloides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Pseudophormidium spelaeoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Bacillus sphenoides"Clostridium sphenoidesLacrimispora sphenoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Streptomyces spheroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Lyngbya spiraloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena spiroidesDolichospermum spiroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Katagnymene spirulinoidesLyngbya spirulinoidesOscillatoria spirulinoidesPhormidium spirulinoidesPlanktolyngbya spirulinoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Clostridium sporosphaeroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena steloidesTrichormus steloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Cyanonephron styloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Heteroleibleinia subhormoidesPhormidium subhormoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Lyngbya subspiroidesPhormidium subspiroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Brevundimonas subvibrioidesCaulobacter subvibrioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Hypheothrix symplocoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chroococcus tenacoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Schizothrix thelephoroides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Scytonema tolypothrichoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anabaena toruloides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Flavobacterium tremelloides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Oscillatoria trichoidesOscillochloris trichoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Anacystis trochiscioidesAsterocapsa trochiscioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

"Merizomyria ulvoides"

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Caulobacter vibrioidesPropionispora vibrioides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Chamaecalyx xenococcoidesDermocarpa xenococcoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

Duganella zoogloeoidesShinella zoogloeoides

Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].

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