Lyticum

Lyticum is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).^[1]

Lyticum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	"Rickettsidae"
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Ehrlichiaceae
Genus:	Lyticum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982
Type species
Lyticum flagellatum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982

Etymology

The name Lyticum derives from:
Neo-Latin lyticus (from Greek lutikos, λυτικός), able to loosen, able to dissolve; to give Lyticum, dissolver.^[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[2]

• Lyticum flagellatum ( (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982, nom. rev. (type species of the genus)^[3]
• Lyticum sinuosum ( (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982, nom. rev.^[3]