Agarivorans

Agarivorans is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Agarivorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Alteromonadaceae
Genus:	Agarivorans
Type species
A. albus

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 4 species, namely[2]

• A. aestuarii ( Kim et al. 2016 )[3]
• A. albus ( Kurahashi and Yokota 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective albus, white.)[4]
• A. gilvus ( Du et al. 2011, ; Latin masculine gender adjective gilvus, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow pigmentation of the bacterium.)[5]
• A. litoreus ( Park et al. 2015 )[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
2. Agarivorans entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
3. "Agarivorans". LPSN.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2011-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. 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. PMID 20363930.