Agitococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

[2] The name Agitococcus derives from the Latin agito, to shake; and Neo-Latin coccus (from Greek kokkos (κόκκος), berry).

[3] The genus contains a single species,[3] namely Agitococcus lubricus ( Franzmann and Skerman 1981), type species of the genus.

The specific name is from the Latin lubricus, slippery.

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