Cryomorpha
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Cryomorpha
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Bacteroidota
| classis = Flavobacteriia
| ordo = Flavobacteriales
| familia = Cryomorphaceae
| genus = Cryomorpha
| binomial_authority = Bowman et al. 2003, (Type genus of the family Cryomorphaceae Bowman et al. 2003).
| type_species = C. ignava
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}
Cryomorpha is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).{{lpsn|classificationac.html|Classification of Genera AC}}
Etymology
The name Cryomorpha derives from:
Greek noun kruos, icy cold, frost; Greek feminine gender noun morphē, shape or form; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Cryomorpha, cold shape.{{lpsn|c/cryomorpha.html|Cryomorpha}}
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely C. ignava ( Bowman et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin feminine gender adjective ignava, lazy, pertaining to the biochemically and nutritionally inert nature of the species.){{Cite web |url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/5/1343 |title=Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. And Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats -- Bowman et al. 53 (5): 1343 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |access-date=2011-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223544/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/5/1343 |archive-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead }}