''Cystobacter'' is a genus in the phylum
Myxococcota
The Myxococcota are a phylum of bacteria known as the fruiting gliding bacteria. All species of this group are Gram-negative. They are predominantly aerobic genera that release myxospores in unfavorable environments.
Phylogeny
The currently acce ...
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Bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
).
Etymology
The genus name stems from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
noun ''
κύστις (kustis)'', meaning "bladder" and
Neolatin masculine noun ''
bacter'' "rod" consequently the Neolatin masculine noun ''Cystobacter'' means bladder-forming rod.
Species
The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
[
* '' C. armeniaca'' Reichenbach 2007 (L. fem. n. ''armeniaca'', an apricot-tree, intended to mean apricot-colored.)]
* '' C. badius'' Reichenbach 2007 (L. masc. adj. ''badius'', chestnut brown.)
* '' C. ferrugineus'' ( Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970 (L. masc. adj. ''ferrugineus'', of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.)
* '' C. fuscus'' Schroeter 1886 (L. masc. adj. ''fuscus'', dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.)
* '' C. miniatus'' Reichenbach 2007 (L. masc. part. adj. ''miniatus'', cinnabar-red.)
* '' C. velatus'' Reichenbach 2007 (L. part. adj. ''velatus'', veiled, covered.)
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) is an online database that maintains information on the naming and taxonomy of prokaryotes, following the taxonomy requirements and rulings of the International Code of Nomenclature ...
(LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information
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See also
* Bacterial taxonomy
Bacterial taxonomy is the taxonomy, i.e. the rank-based classification, of bacteria.
In the scientific classification established by Carl Linnaeus, each species has to be assigned to a genus ( binary nomenclature), which in turn is a lower level ...
* Microbiology
Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
References
Bacteria genera
Myxococcota
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