Flexibacter

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Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Sphingobacteria
Order: Sphingobacteriales
Family: Flexibacteraceae
Genus: Flexibacter
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.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Euzéby, J.P. (n.d.), List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Flexibacter, http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/f/flexibacter.html