Several bacterial species are named after institutions, including acronyms which are spelled as they would be read; e.g., CDC becomes Ce+de+ce+a. The names are changed in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name.^[1]

• Afipia – AFIP (Armed Force Institute of Pathology), USA
• Basfia – BASF SE (a chemical company in Ludwigshafen, Germany)
• Cedecea – CDC (Centers for Disease Control), USA
• Deefgea – DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German Science Foundation), Germany
• Desemzia – DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen), Germany
• Emticicia – MTCC (Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank), India
• Iamia – IAM (Institute of Applied Microbiology at the University of Tokyo), Japan
• Ideonella – Ideon Research Center, University of Lund, Sweden
• Inhella – Inha University, Korea
• Kaistella – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kaistia – KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
• Kistimonas – KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology ), Korea
• Kordia – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kordiimonas – KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute), Korea
• Kribbella – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Kribbia – KRIBB (Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology), Korea
• Lonepinella – Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (a private zoo), Australia
• Mameliella – MME laboratory (Marine microbial ecology laboratory), China
• Mesonia – MES (Marine Experimental Station of the Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Niabella – NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology), Korea
• Niastella – NIAST (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology), Korea
• Nubsella – NUBS (Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences), Japan
• Pibocella – PIBOC (Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry), Russia
• Rikenella – RIKEN (Rikagaku Kenkyusho; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan
• Rudaea – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Rudanella – RDA (Rural Development Administration), Korea
• Sciscionella – SCISCIO (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology), China
• Stakelama – State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Science, China
• Tistrella – TISTR (Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research), Thailand
• Waddlia – WADDL (Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic-Laboratory), USA
• Woodsholea – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA
• Yimella – YIM (Yunnan Institute of Microbiology), China
• Yokenella – Kokuritsu-yoboueisei-kenkyusho (National Institute of Disease Prevention and Health), Japan