Adhaeribacter
Genus of bacteria
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Adhaeribacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).[1]
| Adhaeribacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Cytophagia |
| Order: | Cytophagales |
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Adhaeribacter Rickard et al. 2005 |
| Type species | |
| A. aquaticus | |
| Species | |
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A. aerolatus | |
Etymology
The name Adhaeribacter derives from:
Latin v. adhaereo -ere, to adhere to, stick to; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Adhaeribacter, sticky rod.[2]
Species
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- A. aerolatus ( Weon et al. 2010; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) air; Latin participle masculine gender adjective latus, carried; Neo-Latin masculine gender participle adjective aerolatus, airborne.)[3]
- A. aerophilus ( Weon et al.. 2010; Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος)', air; Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective aerophilus, air-loving.)[3]
- A. aquaticus ( Rickard et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by water, aquatic.)[4]
- A. terreus ( Zhang et al. 2009; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.)[5]