| 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]