Algoriphagus Explained
Algoriphagus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name Algoriphagus derives from:
Latin masculine gender noun algor -oris, cold; Greek masculine gender noun Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: phagos, glutton; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Algoriphagus, the cold eater.
Species
The genus contains 46 validly described species as of 2020 as indicated in the List of Names with Standing in Prokaryote Nomenclature (LPSN.dmz.de). Some of these species are listed below
- A. alkaliphilus ((Tiago et al. 2006) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin noun Latin: alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun Arabic: qaliy, ashes of saltwort, soda), alkali; Neo-Latin adjective Latin: philus from Greek adjective Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: philos (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective Latin: alkaliphila, loving alkaline environments.)[1]
- A. antarcticus (Van Trappen et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective Latin: antarcticus, southern, of the Antarctic, the environment from where the strains were isolated.)[2]
- A. aquatilis (Liu et al. 2009, ; Latin masculine gender adjective Latin: aquatilis, aquatic, pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from fresh water.)[3]
- A. aquimarinus (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Latin feminine gender noun Latin: aqua, water; Latin masculine gender adjective Latin: marinus, marine, of the sea; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective Latin: aquimarinus, of sea water.)[4]
- A. boritolerans ((Ahmed et al. 2007) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin noun Latin: borum, boron; Latin participle adjective Latin: tolerans, tolerating; Neo-Latin participle adjective Latin: boritolerans, boron-tolerating.)
- A. chordae (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Neo-Latin genitive case noun chordae, of Chorda, the generic name of the brown alga Chorda filum, from which the type strain was isolated.)
- A. halophilus ((Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.)
- A. hitonicola (Copa-Patiño et al. 2008, ; Neo-Latin noun Latin: hito, El Hito lagoon; Latin suff. -Latin: cola, inhabitant, dweller; Neo-Latin noun Latin: hitonicola, inhabitant of El Hito.)[5]
- A. locisalis (Yoon et al. 2005, ; Latin noun Latin: locus, place, locality; Latin genitive case noun Latin: salis, of salt; Neo-Latin genitive case noun Latin: locisalis, of a place of salt.)[6]
- A. lutimaris (Park et al. 2010, ; Latin noun Latin: lutum, mud; Latin genitive case noun Latin: maris, of the sea; Neo-Latin genitive case noun Latin: lutimaris, of a marine mud.)[7]
- A. machipongonensis (Alegado et al. 2012, ; Algonquin noun "Machipongo", Hog Island, Virginia, USA; Latin suff. -ensis, of or belonging to; Neo-Latin masculine gender "Latin: machipongonensis", of or belonging to Machipongo/Hog Island).[8]
- A. mannitolivorans ((Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun mannitolum, mannitol; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; Neo-Latin participle adjective mannitolivorans, mannitol-devouring, utilizing mannitol.)
- A. marincola ((Yoon et al. 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Latin noun mare -is, the sea; Latin noun Latin: incola, inhabitant; Neo-Latin noun Latin: marincola, inhabitant of the sea.)
- A. olei (Young et al. 2009, ; Latin genitive case neuter gender noun Latin: olei, of/from oil, as the type strain was isolated from oil-contaminated soil.)[9]
- A. ornithinivorans ((Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Latin: ornithinum, Latin: ornithine; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; Neo-Latin participle adjective ornithinivorans, ornithine-devouring, utilizing ornithine.)
- A. ratkowskyi (Bowman et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin genitive case masculine gender noun Latin: ratkowskyi, of Ratkowsky, in honour of David A. Ratkowsky, who made significant contributions to growth-modelling of bacteria, including psychrophilic bacteria.)[10]
- A. terrigena (Yoon et al. 2006, ; Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun Latin: terrigena, child of the earth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil.)[11]
- A. vanfongensis (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective Latin: vanfongensis, of or pertaining to Vanfong Bay, from which the type strain was isolated.)
- A. winogradskyi (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Neo-Latin genitive case masculine gender noun Latin: winogradskyi, of Winogradsky, to honour Sergey N. Winogradsky, for his contribution to the study of Cytophaga-like bacteria.)
- A. yeomjeoni (Yoon et al. 2005, ; Neo-Latin noun Latin: yeomjeonum, Korean: yeomjeon (the Korean name for a marine solar saltern); Neo-Latin genitive case noun Latin: yeomjeoni, of a Korean: yeomjeon.)[12]
See also
Notes and References
- Nedashkovskaya . O. I. . Kim . S. B. . Kwon . K. K. . Shin . D. S. . Luo . X. . Kim . S. -J. . Mikhailov . V. V. . Proposal of Algoriphagus vanfongensis sp. Nov., transfer of members of the genera Hongiella Yi and Chun 2004 emend. Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 and Chimaereicella Tiago et al. 2006 to the genus Algoriphagus, and emended description of the genus Algoriphagus Bowman et al. 2003 emend. Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 . 9 . 1988–1994 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65073-0 . 17766860. free .
- Algoriphagus antarcticus sp. nov., a novel psychrophile from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. 15545419. 10.1099/ijs.0.02973-0. 2004. Van Trappen. S. Vandecandelaere. I. Mergaert. J. Swings. J. 54. Pt 6. 1969–73. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20091219040717/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/6/1969. 2009-12-19. dead. free.
- Liu . Y. . Li . H. . Jiang . J. -T. . Liu . Y. -H. . Song . X. -F. . Xu . C. -J. . Liu . Z. -P. . Algoriphagus aquatilis sp. Nov., isolated from a freshwater lake . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 7 . 1759–1763 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.005215-0 . 19542135. free .
- Description of Algoriphagus aquimarinus sp. nov., Algoriphagus chordae sp. nov. And Algoriphagus winogradskyi sp. nov., from sea water and algae, transfer of Hongiella halophila Yi and Chun 2004 to the genus Algoriphagus as Algoriphagus halophilus comb. Nov. And emended descriptions of the genera Algoriphagus Bowman et al. 2003 and Hongiella Yi and Chun 2004. 15388741. 10.1099/ijs.0.02915-0. 2004. Nedashkovskaya. OI. Vancanneyt. M. Van Trappen. S. Vandemeulebroecke. K. Lysenko. AM. Rohde. M. Falsen. E. Frolova. GM. Mikhailov. VV. 8. 54. Pt 5. 1757–64. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20100104111525/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/5/1757. 2010-01-04. dead. free.
- Copa-Patino . J. L. . Arenas . M. . Soliveri . J. . Sanchez-Porro . C. . Ventosa . A. . Algoriphagus hitonicola sp. Nov., isolated from an athalassohaline lagoon . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 58 . 2 . 424–428 . 2008 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65433-0 . 18218943.
- Algoriphagus locisalis sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. 16014494. 10.1099/ijs.0.63605-0. 2005. Yoon. JH. Kang. SJ. Oh. TK. 55. Pt 4. 1635–9. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20080619010626/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/4/1635. 2008-06-19. dead. free.
- Park . S. . Kang . S. -J. . Oh . K. -H. . Oh . T. -K. . Yoon . J. -H. . Algoriphagus lutimaris sp. Nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . Pt 1 . 200–204 . 2009 . 19648320 . 10.1099/ijs.0.012682-0. free .
- Alegado . R. A. . Grabenstatter . J. D. . Zuzow . R. . Morris . A. . Huang . S. Y. . Summons . R. E. . King . N. . 10.1099/ijs.0.038646-0 . Algoriphagus machipongonensis sp. nov. Co-isolated with a colonial choanoflagellate . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 2012 . 22368173. 3709532. 63 . 163–168.
- Young . C. -C. . Lin . S. -Y. . Arun . A. B. . Shen . F. -T. . Chen . W. -M. . Rekha . P. D. . Langer . S. . Busse . H. -J. . Wu . Y. -H. . Kampfer . P. . Algoriphagus olei sp. Nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 11 . 2909–2915 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.009415-0 . 19628616. free .
- Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. And Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. 13130017. 10.1099/ijs.0.02553-0. 2003. Bowman. JP. Nichols. CM. Gibson. JA. 53. Pt 5. 1343–55. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223544/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/5/1343. 2009-02-20. dead. free.
- Yoon . J. -H. . Lee . M. -H. . Kang . S. -J. . Oh . T. -K. . Algoriphagus terrigena sp. Nov., isolated from soil . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 56 . 4 . 777–780 . 2006 . 10.1099/ijs.0.64092-0 . 16585693. free .
- Algoriphagus yeomjeoni sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern in the Yellow Sea, Korea. 15774676. 10.1099/ijs.0.63479-0. 2005. Yoon. JH. Kang. SJ. Jung. SY. Lee. CH. Oh. TK. 55. Pt 2. 865–70. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912091212/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/2/865. 2009-09-12. dead. free.