Aestuariibacter

Aestuariibacter is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria (Bacteria), composed of four species, namely A. aggregatus, A. halophilus, A. litoralis and the type species A. salexigens.[1] These are strictly aerobic marine rod-shaped bacteria.[2] They share many traits with the sister genus Alteromonas, the type genus of the family (Alteromonadaceae) and order (Alteromonadales).

For the actinobacterium Aestuariimicrobium, see Aestuariimicrobium.

Aestuariibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Alteromonadaceae
Genus:
Aestuariibacter

Ye et al. 2004
Type species
Aestuariibacter salexigens
Species

Aestuariibacter aggregatus Aestuariibacter halophilus Aestuariibacter salexigens

Etymology

The name Aestuariibacter derives from the Latin noun aestuarium, a tidal flat (the part of the sea coast which, during the flood-tide, is overflowed, but at ebb-tide is left covered with mud or slime) and the New Latin masculine gender noun bacter, bacterium and thus means a tidal-flat bacterium,[2] as three species, except 'A. halophilus from the Yellow sea, were isolated in tidal flats.

References
  1. Aestuariibacter 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. Yi, H. (2004). "Aestuariibacter salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov. And Aestuariibacter halophilus sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and emended description of Alteromonas macleodii". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 571–576. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02798-0. PMID 15023977.


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