Cellulophaga

Cellulophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Cellulophaga
Johansen et al. 1999[1]
Type species
Cellulophaga lytica[1]
Species

C. algicola[1]
C. baltica[1]
C. fucicola[1]
C. geojensis[1]
C. lytica[1]
C. pacifica[1]
C. tyrosinoxydans[1]

Cellulophaga is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae which occur in marine alga and beach mud.[1][2][3][4] Cellulophaga species produce zeaxanthin.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parte, A.C. "Cellulophaga". www.bacterio.net.
  2. Buller, Nicky B. (2004). Bacteria from Fish and Other Aquatic Animals a Practical Identification Manual. Wallingford: CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-954-9.
  3. "Cellulophaga". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Bowman, John P. (1 January 2015). "Cellulophaga". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00300.
  5. George M., Garrity (2011). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (2nd ed. ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 0-387-68572-3.

Further reading

External identifiers for Cellulophaga
Encyclopedia of Life 97989


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