Actibacter
Genus of bacteria
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Actibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).[1][2] The genus contains a single species, namely A. sediminis.[3]
| Actibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Actibacter Kim et al. 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. sediminis | |
A. sediminis
A. sediminis, like other members of the phylum Bacteroidota, is Gram-negative and its major respiratory quinone is MK-6. Additionally, it grows aerobically and forms yellow-pigmented colonies which, however, do not contain Flexirubin-type pigments. This non-motile rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from tidal flat sediment of Dongmak on Ganghwa Island, South Korea.
Etymology
The name Actibacter derives from:
Latin noun acta, seaside; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Actibacter, rod from the seaside.[3]
While the epithet sediminis is from Latin genitive case noun sediminis, of a sediment.[3]