Albibacter
| Albibacter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Methylocystaceae |
| Genus: | Albibacter |
| Type species | |
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A. methylovorans |
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Albibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Albibacter derives from:
Latin adjective albus, white; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Albibacter, white rod.
The genus contains a single species, namely A. methylovorans ( Doronina et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin noun methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Greek noun methu, wine and Greek noun hulē, wood), the methyl group; New Latin pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring, eating; New Latin participle adjective methylovorans, digesting methyl groups.)
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