2011-06-26

Algibacter

Algibacter

Algibacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Flavobacteria
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Algibacter
Type species
A. lectus

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

Etymology

The name Algibacter derives from:
Latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; New Latin masculine gender noun , a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed.

Species

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

See also

References






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