Algicola

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

Algicola
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Pseudoalteromonadaceae
Genus:
Algicola
Type species
A. bacteriolytica

Etymology

The name Algicola derives from Latin alga, a seaweed, and cola or incola, an inhabitant or dweller; Algicola, then, means inhabitant of algae.[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:[2]

  • A. bacteriolytica Sawabe et al. 1998. Ivanova et al. 2004 (type species of the genus); bacterium, rod or staff and lytica (from Greek lutikē, able to loosen, able to dissolve, to give bacteriolytica, bacteria-dissolving[3]
  • A. sagamiensis Kobayashi et al. 2003, Nam et al. 2007, sagamiensis, referring to Sagami Bay, the place of isolation[4]

See also

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". Int J Syst Bacteriol. Microbiology Society. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  2. Algicola 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. Microbiology Society. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  3. "Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov". Ijs.sgmjournals.org. 2013-06-24. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  4. Nam, Y. -D.; Chang, H. -W.; Park, J. R.; Kwon, H. -Y.; Quan, Z. -X.; Park, Y. -H.; Lee, J. -S.; Yoon, J. -H.; Bae, J. -W. (2007). "Pseudoalteromonas marina sp. Nov., a marine bacterium isolated from tidal flats of the Yellow Sea, and reclassification of Pseudoalteromonas sagamiensis as Algicola sagamiensis comb. Nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (Pt 1): 12–18. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64523-0. PMID 17220433.


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