Agaricicola
# Agaricicola

Agaricicola is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).

## Etymology

The name Agaricicola derives from: Neo-Latin noun Agaricus, generic name of a mushroom; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), dweller; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agaricicola, Agaricus-dweller, reflecting isolation of the first strain from Agaricus blazei (Murrill).

## Species

The genus contains a single species, namely A. taiwanensis (Chu et al. 2010), (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated.)

