| Algibacter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 | |
Algibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).
The name Algibacter derives from:
Latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed.
The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely