Algibacter Explained

Algibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).

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.

Species

The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• A. aestuarii^[1]
• A. agarilyticus^[1]
• A. agarivorans^[1]
• A. alginicilyticus^[1]
• A. amylolyticus^[1]
• A. aquimarinus^[1]
• 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.)^[2]
• A. marinivivus^[1]
• 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.)^[3]
• A. miyuki^[1]
• A. onchidii^[1]
• A. pacificus^[1]
• A. pectinivorans^[1]
• A. psychrophilus^[1]
• A. undariae^[1]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Genus: Algibacter . lpsn.dsmz.de . en.
2. Web site: Microbiology Society Journals | Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae. ijs.sgmjournals.org. 2016-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120201515/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/4/1257. 2008-11-20. dead.
3. Nedashkovskaya . O. I. . Vancanneyt . M. . Kim . S. B. . Hoste . B. . Bae . K. S. . Algibacter mikhailovii sp. Nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended description of the genus Algibacter . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 . 9 . 2147–2150 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65165-0 . 17766889. free .