Aliivibrio
# Aliivibrio

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

## Etymology

The name Aliivibrio derives from: Latin alius, other, another, different; Neo-Latin Vibrio, a bacterial genus name, to give Aliivibrio, the other Vibrio.

## Species

The genus contains:

* A. finisterrensis ( Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010, ; Neo-Latin finisterrensis, pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named the place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world.)
* A. fischeri ( (Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, (type species of the genus).; named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria.)
* A. logei ( (Harwood et al. 1980) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin logei, of Loge; from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief.)
* A. salmonicida ( (Egidius et al. 1986) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Latin noun salmo -onis, salmon; cida (from Latin caedo, to cut or kill), murderer, killer; salmonicida, salmon killer.)
* A. sifiae ( Yoshizawa et al. 2011, ; Neo-Latin sifiae, of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow color of the luminescence).)
* A. wodanis ( (Lunder et al. 2000) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin wodanis, of Wodan, the Norse god of art, culture, war and the dead, because its closest relative, Vibrio logei (Aliivibrio logei), also a cold-water vibrio.)
