Microbulbifer
| Microbulbifer | |
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
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| Genus: | Microbulbifer González et al. 1997 |
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| Microbulbifer hydrolyticus | |
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M. aestuariivivens[1] | |
Microbulbifer is a genus of Proteobacteria found in high-salt environments. Members of this genus can degrade complex carbohydrates such as cellulose, alginate, and chitin. Recently, Microbulbifer degredans was renamed Saccharophagus degredans.[3]
Etymology
Microbulbifer (Mi.cro. bul’bi.fer. Gr. adj. micro, small; L. m. n. bulbus, onion, bulb; L. suff. -fer, carrying, bearing; L. m. n. Microbulbifer, small bearer of bulbs).[4]
References
- ↑ "Microbulbifer". LPSN.
- ↑ Lee, June-Young; Kim, Pil Soo; Hyun, Dong-Wook; Kim, Hyun Sik; Shin, Na-Ri; Jung, Mi-Ja; Yun, Ji-Hyun; Kim, Min-Soo; Whon, Tae Woong; Bae, Jin-Woo (1 April 2017). "Microbulbifer echini sp. nov., isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a purple sea urchin, Heliocidaris crassispina". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (4): 998–1004. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001731. PMID 27959777.
- ↑ Ekborg, Nathan A.; Gonzalez, Jose M.; Howard, Michael B.; Taylor, Larry E.; Hutcheson, Steven W.; Weiner, Ronald M. (2005-01-01). "Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (4): 1545–1549. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63627-0. PMID 16014479.
- ↑ González, J. M.; Mayer, F.; Moran, M. A.; Hodson, R. E.; Whitman, W. B. (1997-04-01). "Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 369–376. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-369. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103623.