Algoriphagus

Algoriphagus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Sphingobacteria
Order:	Sphingobacteriales
Family:	Cyclobacteriaceae
Genus:	Algoriphagus
Type species
A. ratkowskyi

Algoriphagus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).^[1]

Etymology

The name Algoriphagus derives from:
Latin masculine gender noun algor -oris, cold; Greek masculine gender noun phagos, glutton; New Latin masculine gender noun Algoriphagus, the cold eater.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 19 species, namely^[2]

• A. alkaliphilus ( (Tiago et al. 2006) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort, soda), alkali; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin feminine gender adjective alkaliphila, loving alkaline environments.)^[3]
• A. antarcticus ( Van Trappen et al. 2004, ; Latin masculine gender adjective antarcticus, southern, of the Antarctic, the environment from where the strains were isolated.)^[4]
• A. aquatilis ( Liu et al. 2009, ; Latin masculine gender adjective aquatilis, aquatic, pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from fresh water.)^[5]
• A. aquimarinus ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Latin feminine gender noun aqua, water; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, marine, of the sea; New Latin masculine gender adjective aquimarinus, of sea water.)^[6]
• A. boritolerans ( (Ahmed et al. 2007) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin noun borum, boron; Latin participle adjective tolerans, tolerating; New Latin participle adjective boritolerans, boron-tolerating.)^[3]
• A. chordae ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; New Latin genitive case noun chordae, of Chorda, the generic name of the brown alga Chorda filum, from which the type strain was isolated.)^[6]
• A. halophilus ( (Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; New Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.)^[6]
• A. hitonicola ( Copa-Patiño et al. 2008, ; New Latin noun hito, El Hito lagoon; Latin suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; New Latin noun hitonicola, inhabitant of El Hito.)^[7]
• A. locisalis ( Yoon et al. 2005, ; Latin noun locus, place, locality; Latin genitive case noun salis, of salt; New Latin genitive case noun locisalis, of a place of salt.)^[8]
• A. lutimaris ( Park et al. 2010, ; Latin noun lutum, mud; Latin genitive case noun maris, of the sea; New Latin genitive case noun lutimaris, of a marine mud.)^[9]
• A. machipongonensis ( Alegado et al. 2012, ; Algonquin noun "Machipongo", Hog Island, Virginia, USA; Latin suff. -ensis, of or belonging to; New Latin masculine gender "machipongonensis", of or belonging to Machipongo/Hog Island).^[10]
• A. mannitolivorans ( (Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin neuter gender noun mannitolum, mannitol; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; New Latin participle adjective mannitolivorans, mannitol-devouring, utilizing mannitol.)^[3]
• A. marincola ( (Yoon et al. 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; Latin noun mare -is, the sea; Latin noun incola, inhabitant; New Latin noun marincola, inhabitant of the sea.)^[3]
• A. olei ( Young et al. 2009, ; Latin genitive case neuter gender noun olei, of/from oil, as the type strain was isolated from oil-contaminated soil.)^[11]
• A. ornithinivorans ( (Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin neuter gender noun ornithinum, ornithine; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; New Latin participle adjective ornithinivorans, ornithine-devouring, utilizing ornithine.)^[3]
• A. ratkowskyi ( Bowman et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun ratkowskyi, of Ratkowsky, in honour of David A. Ratkowsky, who made significant contributions to growth-modelling of bacteria, including psychrophilic bacteria.)^[12]
• A. terrigena ( Yoon et al. 2006, ; Latin masculine gender or feminine gender noun terrigena, child of the earth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil.)^[13]
• A. vanfongensis ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective vanfongensis, of or pertaining to Vanfong Bay, from which the type strain was isolated.)^[3]
• A. winogradskyi ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun winogradskyi, of Winogradsky, to honour Sergey N. Winogradsky, for his contribution to the study of Cytophaga-like bacteria.)^[6]
• A. yeomjeoni ( Yoon et al. 2005, ; New Latin noun yeomjeonum, yeomjeon (the Korean name for a marine solar saltern); New Latin genitive case noun yeomjeoni, of a yeomjeon.)^[14]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
2. Algoriphagus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
3. Nedashkovskaya, O. I.; Kim, S. B.; Kwon, K. K.; Shin, D. S.; Luo, X.; Kim, S. -J.; Mikhailov, V. V. (2007). "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. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65073-0. PMID 17766860.
4. Van Trappen, S; Vandecandelaere, I; Mergaert, J; Swings, J (2004). "Algoriphagus antarcticus sp. nov., a novel psychrophile from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 6): 1969–73. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02973-0. PMID 15545419.
5. Liu, Y.; Li, H.; Jiang, J. -T.; Liu, Y. -H.; Song, X. -F.; Xu, C. -J.; Liu, Z. -P. (2009). "Algoriphagus aquatilis sp. Nov., isolated from a freshwater lake". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (7): 1759–1763. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.005215-0.
6. Nedashkovskaya, OI; Vancanneyt, M; Van Trappen, S; Vandemeulebroecke, K; Lysenko, AM; Rohde, M; Falsen, E; Frolova, GM; et al. (2004). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 5): 1757–64. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02915-0. PMID 15388741.
7. Copa-Patino, J. L.; Arenas, M.; Soliveri, J.; Sanchez-Porro, C.; Ventosa, A. (2008). "Algoriphagus hitonicola sp. Nov., isolated from an athalassohaline lagoon". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (2): 424–428. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65433-0.
8. Yoon, JH; Kang, SJ; Oh, TK (2005). "Algoriphagus locisalis sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 4): 1635–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63605-0. PMID 16014494.
9. Park, S.; Kang, S. -J.; Oh, K. -H.; Oh, T. -K.; Yoon, J. -H. (2009). "Algoriphagus lutimaris sp. Nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (Pt 1): 200–204. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.012682-0. PMID 19648320.
10. Alegado, R. A.; Grabenstatter, J. D.; Zuzow, R.; Morris, A.; Huang, S. Y.; Summons, R. E.; King, N. (2012). "Algoriphagus machipongonensis sp. nov. Co-isolated with a colonial choanoflagellate". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63: 163–168. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038646-0.
11. 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. (2009). "Algoriphagus olei sp. Nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (11): 2909–2915. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.009415-0.
12. Bowman, JP; Nichols, CM; Gibson, JA (2003). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 5): 1343–55. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02553-0. PMID 13130017.
13. Yoon, J. -H.; Lee, M. -H.; Kang, S. -J.; Oh, T. -K. (2006). "Algoriphagus terrigena sp. Nov., isolated from soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (4): 777–780. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64092-0.
14. Yoon, JH; Kang, SJ; Jung, SY; Lee, CH; Oh, TK (2005). "Algoriphagus yeomjeoni sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern in the Yellow Sea, Korea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 2): 865–70. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63479-0. PMID 15774676.