Croceibacter

Croceibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).^[1]

Croceibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:	Croceibacter
Type species
C. atlanticus

Etymology

The name Croceibacter derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, saffron-colored; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Croceibacter, saffron-colored rod.^[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[2] namely C. atlanticus ( Cho and Giovannoni 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective atlanticus, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean (a species isolated from the Atlantic Ocean).)^[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology