S. niger is an abbreviation of a species name. In binomial nomenclature, the name of a species is always the name of the genus to which the species belongs, followed by the species name (also called the species epithet). In S. niger, the genus name has been abbreviated to S. and the species has been spelled out in full. In a document that uses this abbreviation, it should always be clear from the context which genus name has been abbreviated.
The Latin species epithet niger means "black". Some of the most common uses of S. niger are:
There are many other possibilities, for example the following genus names that start with S have a species name with the epithet niger.
Vascular plants:
- Sicyos niger
- Strophanthus niger
- Syngonanthus niger
Beetles:
- Sennius niger
- Spermophagus niger
- Stenoluperus niger
- Syllitus niger
Spiders:
- Sphodros niger
- Stertinius niger
- Stiphropus niger
Other organisms:
- Saccharomyces niger, a yeast
- Saguinus niger, a monkey
- Scarus niger, a fish
- Scutovertex niger, a mite
- Siganus niger, a fish
- Stomoxys niger, an African biting fly
- Streptomyces niger, a bacterium
- Synsphyronus niger, a pseudoscorpion
See also