Croceibacter | |
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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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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]
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]