# Algibacter

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{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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| taxon = Algibacter
| authority = Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2004
| type_species = ''Algibacter lectus''
| type_species_authority = Nedashkovskaya ''et al.'' 2004
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'''''Algibacter''''' is a genus in the phylum [Bacteroidota](/source/Bacteroidota) ([Bacteria](/source/Bacteria)).<ref>{{lpsn|classificationac.html|Classification of Genera AC}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name ''Algibacter'' derives from:<br/>[Latin](/source/Latin) [feminine gender](/source/grammatical_gender) noun ''[alga](/source/alga)'', seaweed; [Neo-Latin](/source/Neo-Latin) [masculine gender](/source/grammatical_gender) noun, a rod''[bacter](/source/-bacter)'', nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; [Neo-Latin](/source/Neo-Latin) [masculine gender](/source/grammatical_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](/source/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](/source/Algibacter_agarilyticus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter agarivorans](/source/Algibacter_agarivorans)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter alginicilyticus](/source/Algibacter_alginicilyticus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter amylolyticus](/source/Algibacter_amylolyticus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter aquimarinus](/source/Algibacter_aquimarinus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter lectus](/source/Algibacter_lectus)'' (Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; [Latin](/source/Latin) [masculine gender](/source/grammatical_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 &#124; 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](/source/Algibacter_marinivivus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter mikhailovii](/source/Algibacter_mikhailovii)'' (Nedashkovskaya ''et al''. 2007; [Neo-Latin](/source/Neo-Latin) [masculine gender](/source/grammatical_gender) [genitive case](/source/Latin_declension) 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](/source/Algibacter_miyuki)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter onchidii](/source/Algibacter_onchidii)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter pacificus](/source/Algibacter_pacificus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter pectinivorans](/source/Algibacter_pectinivorans)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter psychrophilus](/source/Algibacter_psychrophilus)''<ref name=Algibacter/>
* ''[Algibacter undariae](/source/Algibacter_undariae)''<ref name=Algibacter/>

==References==
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Category:Flavobacteria
Category:Bacteria genera

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