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Croceitalea

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Flavobacteria

Family
  
Flavobacteriaceae

Phylum
  
Bacteroidetes

Order
  
Flavobacteriales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Aquimarina, Flavobacteriaceae, Flavobacteriia, Ecklonia kurome, Cytophaga

Croceitalea is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

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Etymology

The name Croceitalea derives from:
Latin adjective croceus, saffron-coloured, yellow, golden; Latin feminine gender noun talea, a slender staff, rod, stick; New Latin feminine gender noun Croceitalea, a rod forming yellow-orange colonies.

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

  • C. dokdonensis ( Lee et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective dokdonensis, pertaining to Dokdo, the Korean island from where the type strain was isolated.)
  • C. eckloniae ( Lee et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender noun Ecklonia, scientific genus name of a marine alga; New Latin genitive case noun eckloniae, of Ecklonia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Ecklonia kurome.)

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