Several bacterial species are named after institutions, including acronyms which are spelled as they would be read; e.g., CDC becomes Ce+de+ce+a. The names are changed in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.Help! Latin! How to avoid the most common mistakes while giving Latin names to newly discovered prokaryotes. Microbiología (Sociedad Española de Microbiología), 1996, 12, 473-475.

Afipia – AFIP (Armed Force Institute of Pathology), USA Basfia – BASF SE (a chemical company in Ludwigshafen, Germany) Cedecea – CDC (Centers for Disease Control), USA Deefgea – DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German Science Foundation), Germany Desemzia – DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen), Germany Emticicia – MTCC (Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank), India Iamia – IAM (Institute of Applied Microbiology at the University of Tokyo), Japan Ideonella – Ideon Research Center, University of Lund, Sweden Inhella – Inha University, Korea Kaistella – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea Kaistia – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea Kistimonas – KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology ), Korea Kordia – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea Kordiimonas – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea Kribbella – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea Kribbia – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea Lonepinella – Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (a private zoo), Australia Mameliella – MME laboratory (Marine microbial ecology laboratory), China Mesonia – MES (Marine Experimental Station of the Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia Niabella – NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology), Korea Niastella – NIAST (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology), Korea Nubsella – NUBS (Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences), Japan Pibocella – PIBOC (Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia Rikenella – RIKEN (Rikagaku Kenkyusho; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan Rudaea – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea Rudanella – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea Sciscionella – SCISCIO (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology), China Stakelama – State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Science, China Tistrella – TISTR (Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research), Thailand Waddlia – WADDL (Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic-Laboratory), USA Woodsholea – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA Yimella – YIM (Yunnan Institute of Microbiology), China Yokenella – Kokuritsu-yoboueisei-kenkyusho (National Institute of Disease Prevention and Health), Japan

See also List of bacterial genera named after geographical names List of bacterial genera named after personal names List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names List of Bacteria genera List of bacterial orders List of sequenced prokaryotic genomes List of clinically important bacteria List of sequenced archaeal genomes List of Archaea genera Synonym (taxonomy) Taxonomy LPSN, list of accepted bacterial and archaeal names

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