Microbulbifer Explained

Microbulbifer is a genus of bacteria found in high-salt environments. Members of this genus can degrade complex carbohydrates such as cellulose, alginate, and chitin. Recently, Microbulbifer degredans was renamed Saccharophagus degredans.[1]

Etymology

Microbulbifer (Mi.cro. bul’bi.fer. Gr. adj. micro, small; L. m. n. bulbus, onion, bulb; L. suff. -fer, carrying, bearing; L. m. n. Microbulbifer, small bearer of bulbs).[2]

References

  1. Ekborg. Nathan A.. Gonzalez. Jose M.. Howard. Michael B.. Taylor. Larry E.. Hutcheson. Steven W.. Weiner. Ronald M.. 2005-01-01. Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55. 4. 1545–1549. 10.1099/ijs.0.63627-0. 16014479. free.
  2. González. J. M.. Mayer. F.. Moran. M. A.. Hodson. R. E.. Whitman. W. B.. 1997-04-01. Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 2. 369–376. 10.1099/00207713-47-2-369. 0020-7713. 9103623. free.

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