Croceitalea Explained

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

Etymology

The name Croceitalea derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, saffron-coloured, yellow, golden; Latin feminine gender noun talea, a slender staff, rod, stick; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Croceitalea, a rod forming yellow-orange colonies.

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• C. dokdonensis (Lee et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective dokdonensis, pertaining to Dokdo, the Korean island from where the type strain was isolated.)^[1]
• C. eckloniae (Lee et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Ecklonia, scientific genus name of a marine alga; Neo-Latin genitive case noun eckloniae, of Ecklonia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Ecklonia kurome.)^[1]
• C. litorea (Kim et al. 2015)^[2]
• C. marina (Su et al. 2017)^[2]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Lee . H. -S. . Kwon . K. K. . Yang . S. -H. . Bae . S. S. . Park . C. H. . Kim . S. -J. . Lee . J. -H. . 10.1099/ijs.0.65697-0 . Description of Croceitalea gen. Nov. In the family Flavobacteriaceae with two species, Croceitalea eckloniae sp. Nov. And Croceitalea dokdonensis sp. Nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the marine alga Ecklonia kurome . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 58 . 11 . 2505–2510 . 2008 . 18984684. free .
2. Parte. A.C.. Croceitalea. LPSN.