The name Alishewanella derives from: Latin adjective and pronoun alius, other, another, different;
Neo-Latinfeminine gender noun Shewanella, a bacterial genus name; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Alishewanella, the other Shewanella.[2]
A. fetalis (Fonnesbech Vogel et al, 2000, type species of the genus, Latin noun fetus young, offspring, Latin feminine gender suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to,
Neo-Latinfeminine gender adjective fetalis, pertaining to the fetus, from which the organism was isolated)[6]
A. jeotgali (Kim et al, 2009, Neo-Latin genitive case noun jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood)[7]
^Kim, M. -S.; Jo, S. K.; Roh, S. W.; Bae, J. -W. (2009). "Alishewanella agri sp. Nov., isolated from landfill soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (9): 2199–2203.
doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.011684-0.
PMID19897613.