Flexibacter

Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Sphingobacteriia
Order:	Sphingobacteriales
Family:	Flexibacteraceae
Genus:	Flexibacter; (Soriano, 1945)
Species
	Flexibacter aggregans; Flexibacter columnaris; Flexibacter echinicida; Flexibacter elegans; Flexibacter filiformis; Flexibacter flexilis; Flexibacter japonensis; Flexibacter litoralis; Flexibacter polymorphus; Flexibacter roseolus; Flexibacter ruber; Flexibacter sancti; Flexibacter cf. sancti; Flexibacter tractuosus

Flexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue.^[2]

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.^[2]

References

^ SORIANO (S.): Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires), 1945, 1, 92-93.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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[1] SORIANO (S.): Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires), 1945, 1, 92-93.

[lpsn-2] 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.

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