Lyticum

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

Lyticum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Ehrlichiaceae
Genus:	Lyticum
Type species
L. flagellatum

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 (including basonyms and synonyms):^[2]

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

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology