Cystobacter

Cystobacter is a genus in the phylum Myxococcota (Bacteria).[2]

Cystobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Myxococcota
Class: Myxococcia
Order: Myxococcales
Family: Myxococcaceae
Genus: Cystobacter
Schroeter 1886[1]
Type species
C. fuscus

Etymology

The genus name stems from Greek noun κύστις (kustis), meaning "bladder" and Neolatin masculine noun bacter "rod" consequently the Neolatin masculine noun Cystobacter means bladder-forming rod.[3]

Species

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[3]

  • C. armeniaca ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. fem. n. armeniaca, an apricot-tree, intended to mean apricot-colored.)[4]
  • C. badius ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. masc. adj. badius, chestnut brown.)[4]
  • C. ferrugineus ( (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970, species.; L. masc. adj. ferrugineus, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.)[1]
  • C. fuscus ( Schroeter 1886, species. (Type species of the genus).; L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.)[1]
  • C. miniatus ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. masc. part. adj. miniatus, cinnabar-red.)[4]
  • C. minus ( (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) McCurdy 1970, species.; L. neut. adj. minus (comparative of parvus, small), smaller. The epithet minus is in the neuter gender, but the genus name Cystobacter is in the masculine gender! The correct epithet should be minor.)[1]
  • C. velatus ( Reichenbach 2007, sp. nov.; L. part. adj. velatus, veiled, covered.)[4]
  • C. violaceus ( (ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Reichenbach 2007, nom. rev., comb. nov.; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet colored.)[4]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2011-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Cystobacter entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  4. Euzéby, J. (2007). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (5): 893–897. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65207-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 17473228.


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