algibacter algibacter algibacter is a genus in the phylum bacteroidota (bacteria). algibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: algibacter type species a. lectus etymology the name algibacter derives from:latin feminine gender noun alga, seaweed; neo-latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; neo-latin masculine gender noun algibacter, rod isolated from seaweed. species the genus contains 15 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely a. aestuarii a. agarilyticus a. agarivorans a. alginicilyticus a. amylolyticus a. aquimarinus a. lectus (nedashkovskaya et al. 2004, (type species of the genus).; latin masculine gender adjective lectus, chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies.) a. marinivivus a. mikhailovii (nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, ; neo-latin masculine gender genitive case noun mikhailovii, of mikhailov, in honour of valery v. mikhailov, a russian microbiologist, for his contributions to the development of marine microbiology.) a. miyuki a. onchidii a. pacificus a. pectinivorans a. psychrophilus a. undariae