Agreia is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).
Etymology The generic name Agreia honours Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist.
Species The genus contains two species: A. bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001, type species of the genus; Latin bis, twice; coloratus, coloured; to give bicolorata, two-coloured.) A. pratensis (Behrendt et al. 2002) Schumann et al. 2003; Latin pratensis, found in meadows/grassland]
See also Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology
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