Agarivorans
| Agarivorans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Alteromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Agarivorans |
| Type species | |
| A. albus | |
Agarivorans is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]
Etymology
The name Agarivorans derives from:
New Latin neuter gender noun agarum, agar; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; New Latin masculine gender noun (New Latin masculine gender participle adjective used as a substantive) agarivorans, agar-devouring.[2]
Species
The genus contains 2 species, namely[2]
- A. albus ( Kurahashi and Yokota 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective albus, white.)[3]
- A. gilvus ( Du et al. 2011, ; Latin masculine gender adjective gilvus, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow pigmentation of the bacterium.)[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.]
- 1 2 Agarivorans 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/content/abstract/54/3/693
- ↑ Du, Z. -J.; Lv, G. -Q.; Rooney, A. P.; Miao, T. -T.; Xu, Q. -Q.; Chen, G. -J. (2010). "Agarivorans gilvus sp. Nov. Isolated from seaweed". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (3): 493–496. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019810-0.
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