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(Redirected from Flexibacteraceae) Genus of bacteria

Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Cytophagia
Order: Cytophagales
Family: Flexibacteraceae
García-López et al. 2020
Genus: Flexibacter
Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
  • "Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens" Katayama et al. 1985
  • Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • "Flexibacter giganteus" Soriano 1945
  • "Flexibacter topostinus" Suzuki et al. 1990
Synonyms
  • "Flexibacteraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001

Flexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue.

Etymology: L. part. adj. flexus (from. L. v. flecto), bent, winding; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Flexibacter, intended to mean flexible rod.

References

  1. García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Göker M (2019). "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Front Microbiol. 10: 2083. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
  2. Soriano S (1945). "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales" [A new order of bacteria: Flexibacteriales]. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires). 1: 92–93.
  3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Flexibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Flexibacter in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
Taxon identifiers
Flexibacter


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