Ahrensia

Ahrensia is a genus of bacteria in the order Hyphomicrobiales.^[1] Ahrensia is named after the German microbiologist R. Ahrens. The cells are rod-shaped and motile. They are strictly aerobic.^[2]

Ahrensia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Ahrensiaceae
Genus:	Ahrensia Uchino et al. 1999
Species:	A. kielensis
Binomial name
Ahrensia kielensis (ex Ahrens 1968) Uchino et al. 1999
Synonyms
"Agrobacterium kieliense" Ahrens 1968 Ahrensia kieliense Uchino et al. 1999

See also

• List of bacterial genera named after personal names