They proposed the genus Listerella in honor of surgeon and early antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister, but that name was already in use for a slime mold and a protozoan.
Propuxeron para o xénero o nome de Listerella en honor do cirurxián abandeirado da antiséptica Joseph Lister, pero ese nome estaba xa usándose para designar a un mofo mucoso e un protozoo.