Cellulophaga Explained

Cellulophaga is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae which occur in marine alga and beach mud.^{[1] [2] [3]} Cellulophaga species produce zeaxanthin.^[4]

Further reading

• Johansen. J. E.. Nielsen. P.. Sjoholm. C.. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 July 1999. 49. 3. 1231–1240. 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1231. 10425785. free.
• Kientz. Betty. Luke. Stephen. Vukusic. Peter. Péteri. Renaud. Beaudry. Cyrille. Renault. Tristan. Simon. David. Mignot. Tâm. Rosenfeld. Eric. A unique self-organization of bacterial sub-communities creates iridescence in Cellulophaga lytica colony biofilms. Scientific Reports. 28 January 2016. 6. 19906. 10.1038/srep19906. 26819100. 4730217.

Notes and References

1. Book: Buller. Nicky B.. Bacteria from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals a Practical Identification Manual.. 2004. CAB International. Wallingford. 0-85199-954-9.
2. Cellulophaga. www.uniprot.org.
3. Bowman. John P.. Cellulophaga. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1 January 2015. 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00300. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. en. 1–7.
4. Book: George M.. Garrity. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology.. 2011. Springer Science + Business Media.. New York. 0-387-68572-3. 2nd.