Croceibacter

Croceibacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Flavobacteria
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Croceibacter
Type species
C. atlanticus

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

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Etymology

The name Croceibacter derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, saffron-colored; New Latin masculine gender noun , a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Croceibacter, saffron-colored rod.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely C. atlanticus ( Cho and Giovannoni 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective atlanticus, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean (a species isolated from the Atlantic Ocean).)[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". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  2. ^ a b Croceibacter entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  3. ^ Cho, J.; Giovannoni, S. J. (2003). "Gen. Nov., sp. Nov., A Novel Marine Bacterium in the Family". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 26 (1): 76–83. doi:10.1078/072320203322337344. PMID 12747413.  edit