Algibacter

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

Etymology

The name Algibacter derives from:<br/>Latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed.

Species

The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• Algibacter aestuarii
• Algibacter agarilyticus
• Algibacter agarivorans
• Algibacter alginicilyticus
• Algibacter amylolyticus
• Algibacter aquimarinus
• Algibacter 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.)
• Algibacter marinivivus
• Algibacter mikhailovii (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007; Neo-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.)
• Algibacter miyuki
• Algibacter onchidii
• Algibacter pacificus
• Algibacter pectinivorans
• Algibacter psychrophilus
• Algibacter undariae

References