Aestuariicola

Aestuariicola is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).[1]

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

Etymology

The name Aestuariicola derives from:
Latin noun aestuarium, part of the coast that overflows with seawater during a flood-tide and is left covered with mud or slime at ebb-tide, a tidal flat; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola), a dweller, inhabitant; New Latin masculine gender noun Aestuariicola, a dweller in a tidal flat.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. saemankumensis ( Yoon et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective saemankumensis, of Saemankum, from where the organism was isolated.)[3]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Aestuariicola entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Yoon, J. -H.; Kang, S. -J.; Jung, Y. -T.; Oh, T. -K. (2008). "Aestuariicola saemankumensis gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from tidal flat sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (9): 2126–2131. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65717-0. PMID 18768617.


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