| Adhaeribacter | |
|---|---|
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota | 
| Class: | Cytophagia | 
| Order: | Cytophagales | 
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae | 
| Genus: |  Adhaeribacter  Rickard et al. 2005  | 
| Type species | |
| A. aquaticus  | |
| Species | |
Adhaeribacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria). [1]
The name Adhaeribacter derives from:
 Latin v. adhaereo -ere, to adhere to, stick to; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rod bacter , nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Adhaeribacter, sticky rod. [2] 
The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely [2]