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.
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].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anabaena aphanizomenoides — Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides — Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides — Sphaerospermum aphanizomenoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Aurantiacibacter arachoides — Erythrobacter arachoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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 bacteroides — Caulobacter bacteroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Aphanocapsa botryoides — "Byssus botryoides" — Gloeocapsa botryoides — Microhaloa 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].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Leptolyngbya calothrichoides — Plectonema calothrichoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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 chamaesiphonoides — Dermocarpa 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 chroococcoides — Cyanosarcina chroococcoides — Gloeocapsa chroococcoides — Myxosarcina chroococcoides — Xenococcus chroococcoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Blautia coccoides — Clostridium coccoides — Eperythrozoon coccoides — Granulosicoccus coccoides — "Mycoplasma coccoides" — Oceanipulchritudo coccoides — Parasphaerochaeta coccoides — Psychrobacter coccoides — Sphaerochaeta coccoides — Spirochaeta coccoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Lactobacillus collinoides — Secundilactobacillus collinoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Blennothrix comoides — Hydrocoleum 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 coralloides — Myxococcus coralloides — "Sirosiphon coralloides"
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Nocardia corynebacterioides — Rhodococcus corynebacterioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
"Bacterium cylindroides" — Eubacterium cylindroides — Faecalitalea cylindroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anabaena cylindrospermoides — Trichormus cylindrospermoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Oscillatoria deflexoides — Phormidium deflexoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Methylocystis echinoides — "Methylocystis echinoides" — Pseudomonas echinoides — Sphingomonas echinoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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 enteromorphoides — Hydrocoryne 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 gloeocapsoides — Myxosarcina gloeocapsoides — Pleurocapsa gloeocapsoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Leptolyngbya hormoides — Phormidium hormoides — Sommierella hormoides — Stigonema hormoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Scytonematopsis hydnoides — Symploca hydnoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anabaena isocystoides — Trichormus isocystoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Brasilonema lichenoides — Chroococcidiopsis lichenoides — Macrochaete lichenoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
"Ascococcus mesenteroides" — Leuconostoc mesenteroides — Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Coelomoron microcystoides — Cyanostylon microcystoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
"Asterococcus mycoides" — Bacillus mycoides — Mycoplasma mycoides — Mycoplasma 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 naviculoides — Trichormus naviculoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Geitlerinema nematodes — Oscillatoria nematodes — Pseudanabaena nematodes
Probable suffix: -odes/-odes/-odes; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Leptolyngbya nostochoides — Phormidium nostochoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Meganema perideroedes — "Candidatus Meganema perideroedes" — Neomegalonema perideroedes — "Candidatus Neomegalonema perideroedes" corrig.
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Leptolyngbya phormidioides — Plectonema phormidioides — Pseudophormidium phormidioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Gloeocapsa pleurocapsoides — Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides — "Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides"
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
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 sarcinoides — Compactococcus sarcinoides — Oncobyrsa sarcinoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Dactylococcopsis scenedesmoides — Rhabdogloea scenedesmoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Pleisomonas shigelloides — Plesiomonas 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].
Cereibacter sphaeroides — Luteovulum sphaeroides — Nostoc sphaeroides — Rhodobacter sphaeroides — Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides — Sporomusa sphaeroides — "Streptomyces sphaeroides" — Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. sphaeroides — "Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. sphaeroides"
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
"Bacillus sphenoides" — Clostridium sphenoides — Lacrimispora sphenoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anabaena spiroides — Dolichospermum spiroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Katagnymene spirulinoides — Lyngbya spirulinoides — Oscillatoria spirulinoides — Phormidium spirulinoides — Planktolyngbya spirulinoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anabaena steloides — Trichormus steloides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Heteroleibleinia subhormoides — Phormidium subhormoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Lyngbya subspiroides — Phormidium subspiroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Brevundimonas subvibrioides — Caulobacter subvibrioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Oscillatoria trichoides — Oscillochloris trichoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Anacystis trochiscioides — Asterocapsa trochiscioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Caulobacter vibrioides — Propionispora vibrioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Chamaecalyx xenococcoides — Dermocarpa xenococcoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
Duganella zoogloeoides — Shinella zoogloeoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].