Flexibacter

Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Sphingobacteria
Order: Sphingobacteriales
Family: Flexibacteraceae
Genus: Flexibacter
(Soriano, 1945[1])
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

  1. ^ SORIANO (S.): Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires), 1945, 1, 92-93.
  2. ^ a b 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 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]