Microbulbifer

Microbulbifer is a genus of bacteria found in high-salt environments. Members of this genus can degrade complex carbohydrates such as cellulose, alginate, and chitin. Recently, Microbulbifer degredans was renamed Saccharophagus degredans.^[3]

Microbulbifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Alteromonadaceae
Genus:	Microbulbifer González et al. 1997
Type species
Microbulbifer hydrolyticus
Species
M. aestuariivivens[1] M. agarilyticus M. celer M. chitinlyticus M. elongatus M. echini [2] M. elongatus M. epialgicus M. gwangyangensis M. halophilus M. hydrolyticus M. mangrovi M. marinus M. maritimus M. okinawensis M. pacificus M. rhizosphaerae M. salipaludis M. taiwanensis M. thermotolerans M. varibilis M. yueqingensis

Etymology

Microbulbifer (Mi.cro. bul’bi.fer. Gr. adj. micro, small; L. m. n. bulbus, onion, bulb; L. suff. -fer, carrying, bearing; L. m. n. Microbulbifer, small bearer of bulbs).^[4]