agarivorans agarivorans agarivorans is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). agarivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: alteromonadaceae genus: agarivorans type species a. albus etymology the name agarivorans derives from:neo-latin neuter gender noun agarum, agar; latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; neo-latin masculine gender noun (neo-latin masculine gender participle adjective used as a substantive) agarivorans, agar-devouring. species the genus contains 4 species, namely a. aestuarii ( kim et al. 2016 ) a. albus ( kurahashi and yokota 2004, (type species of the genus).; latin masculine gender adjective albus, white.) a. gilvus ( du et al. 2011, ; latin masculine gender adjective gilvus, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow pigmentation of the bacterium.) a. litoreus ( park et al. 2015 )