Algibacter

Algibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).^[1]

Etymology

The name Algibacter derives from:
Latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely^[2]

• A. aestuarii^[3]
• A. agarilyticus^[3]
• A. agarivorans^[3]
• A. alginicilyticus^[3]
• A. amylolyticus^[3]
• A. aquimarinus^[3]
• A. lectus (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective lectus, chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies.)^[4]
• A. marinivivus^[3]
• A. mikhailovii (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin masculine gender genitive case noun mikhailovii, of Mikhailov, in honour of Valery V. Mikhailov, a Russian microbiologist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.)^[5]
• A. miyuki^[3]
• A. onchidii^[3]
• A. pacificus^[3]
• A. pectinivorans^[3]
• A. psychrophilus^[3]
• A. undariae^[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References