Microbulbifer

Microbulbifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Alteromonadaceae
Genus:	Microbulbifer; González et al. 1997
Type species
	Microbulbifer hydrolyticus;
Species
	M. aestuariivivens ; M. agarilyticus ; M. celer ; M. chitinlyticus ; M. elongatus ; M. echini ; 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

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]

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]

References

^ "Microbulbifer". LPSN.
^ Lee, June-Young; Kim, Pil Soo; Hyun, Dong-Wook; Kim, Hyun Sik; Shin, Na-Ri; Jung, Mi-Ja; Yun, Ji-Hyun; Kim, Min-Soo; Whon, Tae Woong; Bae, Jin-Woo (1 April 2017). "Microbulbifer echini sp. nov., isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a purple sea urchin, Heliocidaris crassispina". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (4): 998–1004. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001731. PMID 27959777.
^ Ekborg, Nathan A.; Gonzalez, Jose M.; Howard, Michael B.; Taylor, Larry E.; Hutcheson, Steven W.; Weiner, Ronald M. (2005-01-01). "Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (4): 1545–1549. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63627-0. PMID 16014479.
^ González, J. M.; Mayer, F.; Moran, M. A.; Hodson, R. E.; Whitman, W. B. (1997-04-01). "Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 369–376. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-369. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103623.

[1] "Microbulbifer". LPSN.

[2] Lee, June-Young; Kim, Pil Soo; Hyun, Dong-Wook; Kim, Hyun Sik; Shin, Na-Ri; Jung, Mi-Ja; Yun, Ji-Hyun; Kim, Min-Soo; Whon, Tae Woong; Bae, Jin-Woo (1 April 2017). "Microbulbifer echini sp. nov., isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a purple sea urchin, Heliocidaris crassispina". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (4): 998–1004. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001731. PMID 27959777.

[3] Ekborg, Nathan A.; Gonzalez, Jose M.; Howard, Michael B.; Taylor, Larry E.; Hutcheson, Steven W.; Weiner, Ronald M. (2005-01-01). "Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (4): 1545–1549. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63627-0. PMID 16014479.

[4] González, J. M.; Mayer, F.; Moran, M. A.; Hodson, R. E.; Whitman, W. B. (1997-04-01). "Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 369–376. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-369. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103623.

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