Algicola

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

Etymology

The name Algicola derives from:
Latin feminine gender noun alga, a seaweed; Latin suff. -cola (from Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun incola), an inhabitant, dweller; New Latin feminine gender noun Algicola, inhabitant of algae.^[2]

Species

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

• A. bacteriolytica ( (Sawabe et al. 1998) Ivanova et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun bacterium, rod or staff and in biology a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); New Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loose, able to dissolve; New Latin feminine gender adjective bacteriolytica, bacteria-dissolving.)^[3]
• A. sagamiensis ( (Kobayashi et al. 2003) Nam et al. 2007, ;: New Latin feminine gender adjective sagamiensis, referring to Sagami Bay, the place of isolation.)^[4]

See Also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References