Crocinitomix
Appearance
Crocinitomix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
Class: | Flavobacteriia |
Order: | Flavobacteriales |
Family: | Cryomorphaceae |
Genus: | Crocinitomix Bowman et al. 2003[1] |
Type species | |
Crocinitomix catalasitica | |
Species | |
Crocinitomix is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).[3]
Etymology
The name Crocinitomix means saffron-coloured thread, derived from the Latin adjective crocinus, of or pertaining to saffron and tomix, a string or thread.[4]
Species
The genus contains the species Crocinitomix algicola and C. catalasitica. C. catalasitica Bowman et al., 2003 is the type species of the genus. Its name derives from the New Latin catalasum, meaning catalase, and Latin -tica, a suffix used in adjectives with the sense of relating to, pertaining to the ability of this species to produce catalase.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Crocinitomix". LPSN.
- ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ Crocinitomix in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.