Genus Agaribacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Agaribacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Agaribacter marinus Teramoto and Nishijima 2014.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Agaribacter, an agar (-degrading) rod, because the type species degrades agar.
Valid publication: TERAMOTO, M. and NISHIJIMA, M. 2014. Agaribacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2416-2423.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agaribacter flavus Yu et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2p52=KCTC 52473=MCCC 1H00151.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX495218.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: YU, W.-N., HAN, J.-R., LIU, Y., DU, Z.-J. and MU, D.-S. 2018. Agaribacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from red algae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3140-3143.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agaribacter marinus Teramoto and Nishijima 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 8-8=NBRC 110023=LMG 28167.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB890122.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: TERAMOTO, M. and NISHIJIMA, M. 2014. Agaribacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2416-2423.
Original article in IJSEM Online