Genera named after personal names

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

Genera named after personal names

The genera named after personal names are cited in the following table.

Genus names	Personal names
Adlercreutzia	H. Adlercreutz, a Finnish professor.
Afifella	S. Afif, a British philosopher and painter
Agreia	Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist.
Ahrensia	Ahrens, a German microbiologist.
Akkermansia	Antoon Akkermans, a Dutch microbiologist.
Allisonella	M. J. Allison, an American microbiologist.
Ameyamaea	Minoru Ameyama, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Anderseniella	Valérie Andersen, a French bacteriologist.
Andreprevotia	André R. Prévot, a French bacteriologist.
Asaia Neoasaia	Toshinobu Asai, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Asanoa	Koso Asano, a Japanese microbiologist.
Austwickia	Peter K.C. Austwick, a New Zealander botanist.
Barnesiella	Ella M. Barnes, British microbiologist.
Bartonella	Dr. A. L. Barton, Peruvian physician.
Bauldia	John Bauld, an Australian microbiologist.
Beggiatoa	F. S. Beggiato, a physician of Vicenza.
Beijerinckia	Martinus W. Beijerinck, a Dutch microbiologist.
Belliella	Russell Bell, a Swedish aquatic microbiologist.
Belnapia	Jayne Belnap, an American microbiologist.
Beneckea	W. Benecke, a German bacteriologist.
Bergeriella	U. Berger, a German bacteriologist.
Bergeyella	David H. Bergey, an American bacteriologist.
Bermanella	Tom Berman, an aquatic microbial ecologist.
Bhargavaea	Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, an Indian biologist.
Bibersteinia	Ernst L. Biberstein, an American bacteriologist.
Bisgaardia	Magne Bisgaard, a Danish microbiologist.
Bizionia	Bartolomeo Bizio, an Italian naturalist.
Blautia	Michael Blaut, a German microbiologist.
Bordetella	Jules Bordet, a French microbiologist.
Borrelia	A. Borrel, a French scientist.
Bosea	J. C. Bose, the founder of the Bose Institute.
Bowmanella	John P. Bowman, an Australian microbiologist.
Brackiella	Manfred Brack, a German pathologist
Branhamella	Sara Branham, an American microbiologist.
Brenneria	Don J. Brenner, an American bacteriologist.
Brucella	Sir Davis Bruce, a Scottish physician.
Buchnera	Paul Buchner, a German biologist.
Bulleidia	Arthur Bulleid, a British oral microbiologist.
Burkholderia	W. H. Burkholder, an American bacteriologist.
Buttiauxella	René Buttiaux, a French bacteriologist.
Castellaniella	Sir Aldo Castellani, a British-Italian bacteriologist.
Catonella	Elizabeth P. Cato, a United States microbiologist.
Chainia	Ernst Boris Mikaelovich Chain, a German/British microbiologist.
Christensenella	Henrik Christensen, a Danish bacteriologist.
Clevelandina	L. R. Cleveland, an American biologist.
Cobetia	Andre B. Cobet, an American bacteriologist.
Cohnella	Ferdinand Cohn, a German microbiologist.
Collinsella	Matthew D. Collins, a Bristish microbiologist.
Colwellia	Rita R. Colwell, an American bacteriologist.
Cosenzaea	Benjamin J. Cosenza, an American microbiologist.
Costertonia	J. W. Costerton, an American bacteriologist.
Couchioplanes	J. N. Couch, an American mycologist.
Cowdria	E. V. Cowdry, an American rickettsiologist.
Coxiella	Herold R. Cox, an American microbiologist.
Crabtreella	K. Crabtree, an American microbiologist.
Crossiella	Thomas Cross, a Bristish microbiologist.
Dasania	Dasan, a Korean scientist.
Deleya	Jozef De Ley, a Belgian microbiologist.
Derxia	H. G. Derx, a Dutch microbiologist.
Devosia	Paul De Vos, a Belgian microbiologist.
Devriesea	L. A. Devriese, a Belgian veterinary microbiologist.
Dickeya	Robert S. Dickey, an American phytopathologist
Dietzia	Alma Dietz, an American microbiologist.
Dongia	Xiu-Zhu Dong, a Chinese bacteriologist and bacterial taxonomist.
Dorea	Joël Doré, a French microbiologist.
Duganella	P. R. Dugan, an American microbiologist.
Dyella	Douglas W. Dye, a New Zealander microbiologist
Edwardsiella	P. R. Edwards, an American bacteriologist.
Eggerthella Paraeggerthella	Arnold H. Eggerth, an American bacteriologist.
Eggerthia	Arnold H. Eggerth, an American bacteriologist.
Ehrlichia	Paul Ehrlich, a German bacteriologist.
Eikenella	M. Eiken, a Scandinavian biologist.
Elioraea	Eliora Z. Ron, an Israeli microbiologist.
Elizabethkingia	Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist.
Erwinia	Erwin Frink Smith, an American bacteriologist.
Escherichia	Theodor Escherich, a German physician.
Euzebya	Jean P. Euzéby, a French bacteriologist.
Euzebyella	Jean P. Euzéby, a French bacteriologist.
Ewingella	William H. Ewing, an American bacteriologist.
Facklamia	Richard R. Facklam, an American bacteriologist.
Fangia	Xinfang Fang, a Chinese microbiologist.
Finegoldia	S. M. Finegold, an American bacteriologist.
Francisella	Edward Francis, an American bacteriologist.
Frankia	A. B. Frank, a Swiss microbiologist.
Frateuria	Joseph Frateur, a Belgian microbiologist.
Friedmanniella	E. Imre Friedmann, an American microbiologist.
Gallionella	B. Gallion, a receiver of customs and zoologist (1782-1839) in Dieppe, France.
Garciella	Jean-Louis Garcia, a French microbiologist.
Gardnerella	H. L. Gardner, an American bacteriologist.
Georgfuchsia	Georg Fuchs, a German bacteriologist.
Gibbsiella	John N. Gibbs, a British forest pathologist.
Giesbergeria	G. Giesberger, a Dutch microbiologist.
Gillisia	Monique Gillis, a Belgian bacteriologist.
Goodfellowiella (in place of the illegitimate name Goodfellowia)	Michael Goodfellow, a British microbiologist.
Gordonia	Ruth E. Gordon, an American bacteriologist.
Gordonibacter	Jeffrey I. Gordon, an American bacteriologist.
Grahamella	George Stuart Graham Smith, a Bristish microbiologist.
Gramella	Hans Christian Gram, a Danish pharmacologist and pathologist.
Grimontia	Patrick A. D. Grimont, a French microbiologist.
Guggenheimella	Bernhard Guggenheim, a Swiss microbiologist.
Gulbenkiania Pseudogulbenkiania	Calouste Gulbenkian, a Portuguese protector of the arts and sciences.
Haemobartonella	Dr. A. L. Barton, Peruvian physician.
Hahella	Yung Chil Hah, a Korean bacteriologist.
Hallella	Ivan C. Hall, a United States microbiologist.
Hamadaea	Masa Hamada, a Japanese microbiologist.
Hansschlegelia	Hans G. Schlegel, a German microbiologist.
Henriciella	Arthur T. Henrici, an American microbiologist.
Hespellia	Robert B. Hespell, an American microbiologist.
Hippea	Hans Hippe, a German microbiologist.
Hirschia	Peter Hirsch, a German microbiologist.
Hoeflea	Manfred Höfle, a German microbiologist.
Holdemania	Lillian V. Holdeman Moore, an American microbiologist.
Hollandina	André Hollande Jr., a French protistologist.
Hongia	Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist.
Hongiella	Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist.
Howardella	Bernard Howard, a New Zealand microbiologist.
Hoyosella	Manuel Hoyos, a pioneer in the research for the protection of Altamira Cave paintings.
Huaishuia	Huai-Shu Xu, a Chinese microbiologist.
Hylemonella	Philip B. Hylemon, an American bacteriologist.
Hyunsoonleella	Hyun-Soon Lee, a Korean microbiologist.
Ignatzschineria (in place of the illegitimate name Schineria)	Ignatz Rudolph Schiner, an Austrian entomologist, who first described the fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica.
Jahnella	Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn.
Jannaschia	Holger W. Jannasch, a German microbiologist.
Jiangella	Cheng-Lin Jiang, a Chinese microbiologist
Jishengella	Jisheng Ruan, a Chinese microbiologist.
Johnsonella	John L. Johnson, a United States microbiologist.
Jonesia	Dorothy Jones, a British microbiologist.
Jonquetella	Professor Jonquet, a French clinician
Joostella	P. J. Jooste, a South African bacteriologist.
Kandleria	Otto Kandler, a German bacteriologist.
Kangiella	Kook Hee Kang, a Korean microbiologist.
Kerstersia	Karel Kersters, a Belgian microbiologist.
Kingella	Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist.
Kitasatoa	Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Kitasatospora	Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Klebsiella	Edwin Klebs, a German bacteriologist.
Klugiella	Michael J. Klug, an American entomologist/microbiologist.
Kluyvera	Albert Jan Kluyver, a Dutch microbiologist.
Knoellia	Hans Knöll, a German pioneer in antibiotic research.
Kocuria	Miroslav Kocur, a Slovakian microbiologist.
Kofleria	Ludwig Kofler, an Austrian scientist.
Koserella	Stewart A. Koser, an American bacteriologist.
Kozakia	Michio Kozaki, a Japaneese microbiologist.
Krasilnikovia	N. A. Krasil'nikov, a Russian actinomycetologist.
Kriegella	Noel R. Krieg, an American microbiologist
Kroppenstedtia	Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, a German microbiologist.
Kurthia	H. Kurth, a German bacteriologist.
Kushneria Allokutzneria	Donn J. Kushner, a Canadian microbiologist.
Kutzneria	Hans-Jürgen Kutzner, a German microbiologist.
Labedella	David P. Labeda, an American bacteriologist.
Labrenzia	Matthias Labrenz, a German marine microbiologist.
Laceyella	John Lacey, a Bristish microbiologist.
Larkinella	John M. Larkin, an American microbiologist.
Lautropia	H. Lautrop, a Danish bacteriologist.
Lawsonia	G. H. K. Lawson, an American bacteriologist.
Leadbetterella	Edward R. Leadbetter, an American microbiologists.
Lechevalieria	Hubert and Mary Lechevalier, an American microbiologists.
Leclercia	H. Leclerc, a French bacteriologist.
Leeia	Keho Lee, a Korean microbiologist.
Leeuwenhoekiella	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist.
Leifsonia	Einar Leifson, an American microbiologist.
Leisingera	Thomas Leisinger, a Swiss bacteriologist.
Leminorella	Léon Le Minor, a French bacteriologist.
Lentzea	Friedrich A. Lentze, a German microbiologist.
Levinea	Max Levine, an American bacteriologist.
Lewinella	Ralph Lewin, an American bacteriologist.
Lishizhenia	Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese naturalist.
Listeria	Lord Lister, a Bristish surgeon.
Listonella	J. Liston, an American bacteriologist.
Loktanella	Tjhing-Lok Tan from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven.
Luedemannella	G. M. Luedemann, a Russian actinomycetologist.
Mahella	Robert A. Mah, an American microbiologist.
Malikia	Kuhrsheed A. Malik, a German microbiologist.
Mannheimia	Walter Mannheim, a German microbiologist.
Martelella	E. Martel, a French explorer
Marvinbryantia (in place of the the illegitimate name Bryantella)	Marvin P. Bryant, an American microbiologist.
Millisia	Nancy F. Millis, an Australian microbiologist.
Mitsuokella	T. Mitsuoka, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Moellerella	V. Møller, a Danish microbiologist.
Moorella	W. E. C. Moore, an American microbiologist.
Moraxella	V. Morax, a Swiss ophthalmologist.
Morganella	H. de R. Morgan, a Bristish bacteriologist.
Moritella Paramoritella	Richard Y. Morita, an American microbiologist.
Moryella	Francine Mory, a French bacteriologist
Murdochiella	David A. Murdoch, a British microbiologist.
Nakamurella	Kazonuri Nakamura, a Japanese microbiologist.
Neisseria	Albert Neisser, a German bacteriologist.
Neokomagataea	Kazuo Komagata, a Japanese microbiologist.
Nesterenkonia	Olga Nesterenko, an Ukrainian microbiologist.
Nicoletella	Jacques Nicolet, a Swiss microbiologist.
Nocardia Nocardioides, Nocardiopsis, Pseudonocardia	Edmond Nocard, a French veterinarian and microbiologist.
Nonomuraea	H. Nonomura, a Japanese taxonomist of actinomycetes.
Ohtaekwangia	Oh Tae-Kwang, a Korean microbiologist.
Oerskovia Paraoerskovia	Jeppe Ørskov, a Danish microbiologist.
Olleya	June Olley, a British bacteriologist.
Olsenella	Ingar Olsen, a Norwegian microbiologist.
Orenia	Aharon Oren, an Israeli bacteriologist.
Ottowia	Johannes C. G. Ottow, a German bacteriologist.
Owenweeksia	Owen B. Weeks, an American bacteriologist.
Palleronia	Norberto Palleroni an American bacteriologist.
Pasteurella	Louis Pasteur, a French scientist.
Pasteuria	Louis Pasteur, a French scientist.
Pelczaria	M. J. Pelczar, an American bacteriologist.
Pfennigia	Norbert Pfennig, a German bacteriologist.
Pillotina	J. Pillot, a French microbiologist.
Piscirickettsia	Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist.
Prauserella	Helmut Prauser, a German microbiologist.
Prevotella Paraprevotella	André R. Prévot, a French bacteriologist.
Ruegeria	Rueger, a German microbiologist.
Quinella	J. I. Quin, a South African microbiologist.
Rahnella	Otto Rahn, a German-American microbiologist.
Ralstonia	E. Ralston, an American bacteriologist.
Raoultella	Didier Raoult, a French microbiologist.
Rathayibacter	E. Rathay, an Australian plant pathologist.
Reichenbachiella (in place of the the illegitimate name Reichenbachia)	Hans Reichenbach, a German microbiologist.
Rheinheimera	Gerhard Rheinheimer, a German marine microbiologist.
Rickettsia Diplorickettsia, Neorickettsia, Rickettsiella	Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist.
Riemerella	Riemer.
Robinsoniella	Isadore M. Robinson, an American microbiologist.
Rochalimaea	Henrique da Rocha-Lima, a Brazilian bacteriologist.
Roseburia	Theodor Rosebury, an American microbiologist.
Rothia	Genevieve D. Roth, an American bacteriologist.
Ruania	Ji-Sheng Ruan, a Chinese microbiologist.
Ruegeria	Rueger, a German microbiologist.
Rummeliibacillus	John Rummel, an American astrobiologist.
Salmonella	Daniel E. Salmon, a U.S. veterinary surgeon.
Samsonia	Régine Samson, a French phytobacteriologist.
Scardovia Aeriscardovia, Parascardovia, Alloscardovia, Metascardovia	Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist.
Schineria	Ignatz Rudolph Schiner who first described the fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica.
Schlegelella	H. G. Schlegel, a German microbiologist.
Schlesneria	Heinz Schlesner, a German microbiologist.
Schumannella	P. Schumann, a German microbiologist.
Schwartzia	Helen M. Schwartz, a South African rumen physiologist.
Sebaldella	Madeleine Sebald, a French bacteriologist.
Seinonella	Akio Seino, a Japanese microbiologist.
Seliberia	G. L. Seliber, a Russian microbiologist.
Serratia	Serafino Serrati, an Italian physicist.
Sharpea	Michaela E. Sharpe, a British bacteriologist.
Shewanella Alishewanella	J. M. Shewan, a British bacteriologist.
Shigella	Kiyoshi Shiga, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Shimazuella	Akira Shimazu, a Japanese microbiologist.
Shimia	Jae H. Shim, a Korean microbiologist.
Shimwellia	J. L. Shimwell.
Shinella	Yong-Kook Shin, a Japanese microbiologist.
Shuttleworthia	Cyril Shuttleworth, a British microbiologist.
Simiduia	Usio Simidu, a Japanese microbiologist.
Simkania	Arbitrary name formed from the personal name Simona Kahane.
Simonsiella	Hellmuth Simons, a German bacteriologist..
Skermanella	Victor B. D. Skerman, an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist.
Skermania	Victor B. D. Skerman, an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist.
Slackia	Geoffrey Slack, a British microbiologist and dental researcher.
Smithella	Paul H. Smith, an American microbiologist.
Sneathia	P. H. A. Sneath, a Bristish bacteriologist.
Sneathiella	P. H. A. Sneath, a Bristish bacteriologist.
Soehngenia	Nicolas L. Soehngen, a Dutch microbiologist.
Soonwooa	Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist.
Stackebrandtia	Erko Stackebrandt, a German microbiologist.
Staleya	James T. Staley, an American microbiologist.
Stanierella	Roger Y. Stanier, a Canadian microbiologist.
Stappia	Stapp, a Belgian microbiologist.
Starkeya	Robert L. Starkey, an American bacteriologist.
Stetteria	Karl Otto Stetter, a German biologist.
Sunxiuqinia	Xiuqin Sun, a Chinese marine biologist.
Sutterella Parasutterella	Vera Sutter, an American bacteriologist.
Suttonella	R. G. A. Sutton, a British bacteriologist.
Swaminathania	Swaminathan, an Indian biologist.
Tannerella	Anne C. R. Tanner, an American microbiologist.
Tanticharoenia	Morakot Tanticharoen, a Thai bacteriologist.
Tatlockia	Hugh Tatlock, an American microbiologist.
Tatumella	Harvey Tatum, an American bacteriologist.
Taylorella	C. E. D. Taylor, a British bacteriologist.
Terasakiella	Y. Terasaki, a Japanese microbiologist.
Thauera	R. Thauer, a German bacteriologist.
Thorsellia	Walborg Thorsell, a Swedish biologist.
Tindallia	Brian Tindall, a Bristish bacteriologist.
Tistlia	Michael Tistl, a German geologist.
Tissierella	P. H. Tissier, a French bacteriologist.
Tomitella	Fusao Tomita, a Japanese microbiologist.
Trabulsiella	L. R. Trabulsi, a Brazilian bacteriologist.
Truepera	Hans G. Trüper, a German bacteriologist.
Trueperella	Hans G. Trüper, a German bacteriologist.
Tsukamurella	Michio Tsukamura, a Japanese microbiologist.
Turneriella	Leslie Turner, a Bristish microbiologist.
Umezawaea	Hamao Umezawa, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Uruburuella	Federico Uruburu, a Spanish microbiologist.
Vasilyevaea	Lina Vasilyeva, a Russian microbiologist.
Veillonella	Adrien Veillon, a French bacteriologist.
Vogesella	Otto Voges, a German microbiologist.
Volcaniella	B. Elazari-Volcani, an Israeli bacteriologist.
Wautersia	Georges Wauters, a Belgian microbiologist.
Wautersiella	Georges Wauters, a Belgian microbiologist.
Weeksella	Owen B. Weeks, an American bacteriologist.
Weissella	Norbert Weiss, a German bacteriologist.
Wenxinia	Wen-Xin Chen, a Chinese microbiologist.
Wigglesworthia	V. B. Wigglesworth, a British parasitologist.
Williamsia	Stanley T. Williams, a British microbiologist.
Winogradskyella	Sergey Winogradsky, a Russian microbiologist.
Wolbachia	S. Burt Wolbach, an American bacteriologist.
Wolinella	M. J. Wolin, an American bacteriologist.
Yangia	H.-F. Yang, a Chinese microbiologist.
Yaniella (in place of the the illegitimate name Yania)	Xun-Chu Yan, a Chinese microbiologist.
Yersinia	Alexandre J. E. Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist.
Yonghaparkia	Yong-Ha Park, a Korean microbiologist.
Yuhushiella	Yuhu Shi, a Chinese microbiologist.
Zavarzinella	Georgii A. Zavarzin, a Russian bacteriologist.
Zavarzinia	Georgii A. Zavarzin, a Russian bacteriologist.
Zhangella	Shu-Zheng Zhang, a Chinese biochemist.
Zhihengliuella	Zhi-Heng Liu, a Chinese microbiologist.
Zhouia	Pei-Jin Zhou, a Chinese microbiologist
Zimmermannella	O.E.R. Zimmermann, a German microbiologist.
Zobellella	Claude E. ZoBell, an American bacteriologist.
Zobellia Pseudozobellia	Claude E. ZoBell, an American bacteriologist.
Zooshikella	Zoo Shik Lee, a Korean microbiologist.
Zunongwangia	Zu-Nong Wang, a Chinese microbiologist.