Cellulophaga

Cellulophaga is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae which occur in marine alga and beach mud.[1][2][3][4] Cellulophaga species produce zeaxanthin.[5]

Cellulophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:	Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999[1]
Type species
Cellulophaga lytica[1]
Species
C. algicola[1] C. baltica[1] C. fucicola[1] C. geojensis[1] C. lytica[1] C. pacifica[1] C. tyrosinoxydans[1]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Cellulophaga". LPSN.
2. Buller, Nicky B. (2004). Bacteria from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals a Practical Identification Manual. Wallingford: CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-954-9.
3. "Cellulophaga". www.uniprot.org.
4. Bowman, John P. (1 January 2015). "Cellulophaga". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–7. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00300.
5. George M., Garrity (2011). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 0-387-68572-3.

Further reading

• Johansen, J. E.; Nielsen, P.; Sjoholm, C. (1 July 1999). "Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1231–1240. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1231. PMID 10425785.
• Kientz, Betty; Luke, Stephen; Vukusic, Peter; Péteri, Renaud; Beaudry, Cyrille; Renault, Tristan; Simon, David; Mignot, Tâm; Rosenfeld, Eric (28 January 2016). "A unique self-organization of bacterial sub-communities creates iridescence in Cellulophaga lytica colony biofilms". Scientific Reports. 6: 19906. doi:10.1038/srep19906. PMC 4730217. PMID 26819100.