Cystobacter

Cystobacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Cystobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Deltaproteobacteria
Order:
Myxococcales
Suborder:
Cystobacterineae
Family:
Cystobacteraceae
Genus:
Cystobacter
Type species
C. fuscus

Etymology

The genus name stems from Greek noun κύστις (kustis), meaning "bladder" and Neolatin masculine noun bacter "rod" consequently the Neolatin masculine noun Cystobacter means bladder-forming rod.[2]

Species

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

  • C. armeniaca ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. fem. n. armeniaca, an apricot-tree, intended to mean apricot-colored.)[3]
  • C. badius ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. masc. adj. badius, chestnut brown.)[3]
  • C. ferrugineus ( (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970, species.; L. masc. adj. ferrugineus, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.)[4]
  • C. fuscus ( Schroeter 1886, species. (Type species of the genus).; L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.)[4]
  • C. miniatus ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. masc. part. adj. miniatus, cinnabar-red.)[3]
  • C. minus ( (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) McCurdy 1970, species.; L. neut. adj. minus (comparative of parvus, small), smaller. The epithet minus is in the neuter gender, but the genus name Cystobacter is in the masculine gender! The correct epithet should be minor.)[4]
  • C. velatus ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. part. adj. velatus, veiled, covered.)[3]
  • C. violaceus ( (ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Reichenbach 2007, nom. rev., comb. nov.; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet colored.)[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. Cystobacter 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. Euzéby, J. (2007). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (5): 893–897. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65207-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 17473228.
  4. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/1/225


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