{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Algibacter | authority = Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2004 | type_species = ''Algibacter lectus'' | type_species_authority = Nedashkovskaya ''et al.'' 2004 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Algibacter''''' is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).<ref>{{lpsn|classificationac.html|Classification of Genera AC}}</ref>
==Etymology== The name ''Algibacter'' derives from:<br/>Latin feminine gender noun ''alga'', seaweed; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rod''bacter'', nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun ''Algibacter'', rod isolated from seaweed.<ref name=main>{{lpsn|a/algibacter.html|Algibacter}}</ref>
==Species== The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely<ref name=main/> * ''Algibacter aestuarii''<ref name=Algibacter>{{cite journal |title=Genus: Algibacter |journal=lpsn.dsmz.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/algibacter |language=en}}</ref> * ''Algibacter agarilyticus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter agarivorans''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter alginicilyticus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter amylolyticus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter aquimarinus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter lectus'' (Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective ''lectus'', chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies.)<ref name="sgmjournals">{{cite web|url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/4/1257|title=Microbiology Society Journals | Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae|publisher=ijs.sgmjournals.org|access-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120201515/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/4/1257|archive-date=2008-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Algibacter marinivivus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter mikhailovii'' (Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2007; Neo-Latin masculine gender genitive case noun ''mikhailovii'', of Mikhailov, in honour of Valery V. Mikhailov, a Russian microbiologist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nedashkovskaya | first1 = O. I. | last2 = Vancanneyt | first2 = M. | last3 = Kim | first3 = S. B. | last4 = Hoste | first4 = B. | last5 = Bae | first5 = K. S. | title = Algibacter mikhailovii sp. Nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended description of the genus Algibacter | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 57 | issue = 9 | pages = 2147–2150 | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.65165-0 | pmid=17766889| doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''Algibacter miyuki''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter onchidii''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter pacificus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter pectinivorans''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter psychrophilus''<ref name=Algibacter/> * ''Algibacter undariae''<ref name=Algibacter/>
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