Actibacter
Actibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).[1][2] The genus contains a single species, namely A. sediminis.[3]
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A. sediminis
A. sediminis, like other members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, 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; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New 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]
See also
References
- Kim, J. -H.; Kim, K. -Y.; Hahm, Y. -T.; Kim, B. -S.; Chun, J.; Cha, C. -J. (2008). "Actibacter sediminis gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from tidal flat sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (Pt 1): 139–143. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65346-0. PMID 18175699.
- Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.]
- bacterio.com