Algibacter

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

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

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.[2]

Species

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

• A. lectus (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective lectus, chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies.)[3]
• A. mikhailovii (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin masculine gender genitive case noun mikhailovii, of Mikhailov, in honour of Valery V. Mikhailov, a Russian microbiologist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.)[4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

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. Algibacter 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. "Microbiology Society Journals | Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae". ijs.sgmjournals.org. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
4. Nedashkovskaya, O. I.; Vancanneyt, M.; Kim, S. B.; Hoste, B.; Bae, K. S. (2007). "Algibacter mikhailovii sp. Nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended description of the genus Algibacter". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (9): 2147–2150. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65165-0. PMID 17766889.