Fucophilus

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Fucophilus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
incertae sedis
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
"Fucophilus"

Sakai et al. 2003[1]
Type species
"Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus"
Sakai et al. 2001
Species
  • "F. fucoidanolyticus"

Fucophilus is a fucoidan-utilizing genus of bacteria from the phylum Verrucomicrobiota with one known species (Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus).[1][2][3] Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus has been isolated from the gut contend of a sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus).[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Fucophilus". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ "Fucophilus". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Shimanaka, Kazuo; Ikai, Katsushige; Kato, Ikunoshin; Sakai, Takeshi; Ishizuka, Kumiko (1 December 2003). "Structures of Oligosaccharides Derived from Cladosiphon okamuranus Fucoidan by Digestion with Marine Bacterial Enzymes". Marine Biotechnology. 5 (6): 536–544. Bibcode:2003MarBt...5..536S. doi:10.1007/s10126-002-0107-9. PMID 14730423. S2CID 25003928.
  4. ^ Parte, Aidan; Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (4 February 2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 817. ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4.