Algibacter

Algibacter is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).

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