Adhaeribacter | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
Class: | Sphingobacteria |
Order: | Sphingobacteriales |
Family: | Cytophagaceae |
Genus: | Adhaeribacter |
Type species | |
A. aquaticus |
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Species | |
A. aerolatus
A. aerophilus
A. aquaticus
A. terreus
Adhaeribacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).
The name Adhaeribacter derives from:
Latin v. adhaereo -ere, to adhere to, stick to; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Adhaeribacter, sticky rod.
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely