Costertonia

Costertonia is a mesophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Costertonia aggregata).^{[2][1][3][4][5]} The genus Costertonia is named after the Canadian microbiologist J.W. Costerton.^[6]

Costertonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:	Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006[1]
Type species
Costertonia aggregata[1]
Species
C. aggregata[1]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Costertonia". LPSN.
2. Falkiewicz-Dulik, Michalina; Janda, Katarzyna; Wypych, George (2015). Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostablization. Elsevier. ISBN 9781927885024.
3. "Costertonia". Www.uniprot.org.
4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Costertonia". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.10123 (inactive 2024-04-17).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link)
5. Kwon, KK; Lee, YK; Lee, HK (June 2006). "Costertonia aggregata gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from a mature biofilm". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 6): 1349–53. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64168-0. PMID 16738113.
6. Krieg, Noel R.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Whitman, William B.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Paster, Bruce J.; Staley, James T.; Ward, Naomi; Brown, Daniel (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. ISBN 9780387685724.