| Croceibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Croceibacter Cho and Giovannoni 20031 |
| Type species | |
| C. atlanticus | |
Croceibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).2
Etymology
The name Croceibacter derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, saffron-colored; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Croceibacter, saffron-colored rod.3
Species
The genus contains a single species,3 namely C. atlanticus ( Cho and Giovannoni 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective atlanticus, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean (a species isolated from the Atlantic Ocean).)1
References
References
- Cho, J.; Giovannoni, S. J. (2003). "Gen. Nov., sp. Nov., A Novel Marine Bacterium in the Family". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 26 (1): 76–83. doi:10.1078/072320203322337344. PMID 12747413.
- Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- Croceibacter in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.