Algibacter

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

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