Albibacter
Genus of bacteria
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Albibacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]
| Albibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methylocystaceae |
| Genus: | Albibacter Doronina et al., 2001 |
| Type species | |
| A. methylovorans Doronina et al., 2001 | |
| Species | |
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Etymology
The name Albibacter derives from:
Latin adjective albus, white; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, bacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Albibacter, white rod.[2]