Cryptanaerobacter

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Cryptanaerobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Firmicutes"
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Peptococcaceae
Genus: Cryptanaerobacter
Type species
C. phenolicus

Cryptanaerobacter is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Cryptanaerobacter derives from:
Greek adjective cryptos (κρυπτός), hidden; Greek prefix an (ἄν), not; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Cryptanaerobacter, an anaerobic rod that is hidden within the consortium.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely C. phenolicus ( Juteau et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun phenol -olis, phenol; Latin masculine gender suff. -icus, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; New Latin masculine gender adjective phenolicus, belonging to phenol.)[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. ]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cryptanaerobacter 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. ]
  3. ↑ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/1/245
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