biology

Mariniflexile

Mariniflexile is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mariniflexile rather than just read about it. In short: Mariniflexile is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria). The various species have been recovered from sea water, sea urchins, springs, brackish water, and an oyster.

Key takeaways

Mariniflexile belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mariniflexile to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mariniflexile from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mariniflexile is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria). The various species have been recovered from sea water, sea urchins, springs, brackish water, and an oyster. It can breakdown sulphated fucans from brown algae. It was first found in the water from a water-treatment plant.

Etymology The name Mariniflexile derives from: Latin adjective marinus. Latin participle adjective flexilis -e, pliant, pliable, flexible; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Mariniflexile, is a marine bacterium. The bacteria are rods, aerobic, move by gliding, gram negative, non-spore forming, and when grown on appropriate medium, the colonies are orange.

Species The genus contains the following species:

M. fucanivorans ( Barbeyron et al. 2008; Neo-Latin noun fucanum, fucan (polyfucose); Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring; Neo-Latin participle adjective fucanivorans, fucan-devouring.) M. gromovii ( Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin genitive case masculine gender noun gromovii, of Gromov, in honour of B. V. Gromov, the Russian aquatic and marine microbiologist.) M. aquimaris ( Wayne et al. 1987; Stackebrandt & Goebel, 1994).) M. jejuense (2006 emend. Jung and Yoon 2013.) M. soesokkakense (2006 Nedashkovskaya et al.; 2006 emend. Jung and Yoon 2013.) M. ostreae (Park et al. 2015, sp. nov)

See also Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology Marine microorganism

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mariniflexile

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mariniflexile claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mariniflexile before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mariniflexile ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mariniflexile

In research: Mariniflexile appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mariniflexile in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mariniflexile is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacteria genera, Flavobacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mariniflexile outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mariniflexile in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mariniflexile means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mariniflexile out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mariniflexile in simple terms?

Mariniflexile is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria). The various species have been recovered from sea water, sea urchins, springs, brackish water, and an oyster.

Why does Mariniflexile matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mariniflexile?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mariniflexile.