Algibacter
# Algibacter

Algibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).

## Etymology

The name Algibacter derives from: Latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed.

## Species

The genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

* A. aestuarii
* A. agarilyticus
* A. agarivorans
* A. alginicilyticus
* A. amylolyticus
* A. aquimarinus
* A. lectus (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective lectus, chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies.)
* A. marinivivus
* A. mikhailovii (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin masculine gender genitive case noun mikhailovii, of Mikhailov, in honour of Valery V. Mikhailov, a Russian microbiologist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.)
* A. miyuki
* A. onchidii
* A. pacificus
* A. pectinivorans
* A. psychrophilus
* A. undariae
