Agreia

Agreia is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).^[2]

Agreia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agreia Evtushenko et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Agreia bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001
Species
See text.

Etymology

The generic name Agreia honours Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist.^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[3]

• A. bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001, type species of the genus; Latin bis, twice; coloratus, coloured; to give bicolorata, two-coloured.)^[1]
• A. pratensis (Behrendt et al. 2002) Schumann et al. 2003; Latin pratensis, found in meadows/grassland]^[4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology