Biology:Flexibacter

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Short description: Genus of bacteria


Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Cytophagia
Order:
Family:
Flexibacteraceae

García-López et al. 2020[1]
Genus:
Flexibacter

Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Species[3]
  • "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.[4]

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.[4]

References

  1. "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Front Microbiol 10: 2083. 2019. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMID 31608019. 
  2. "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales". Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires) 1: 92–93. 1945. 
  3. "Flexibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/flexibacter. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Flexibacter entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]

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