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Flexibacter

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

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Flexibacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Cytophagia
Order: Cytophagales
Family: Flexibacteraceae
García-López et al. 20202
Genus: Flexibacter
Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)1
Species3
  • "Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens" Katayama et al. 1985
  • Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • "Flexibacter giganteus" Soriano 1945
  • "Flexibacter topostinus" Suzuki et al. 1990

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

Species

  • Flexibacter aggregans (Leadbetter, 1974)
  • Flexibacter aurantiacus (Lewin, 1969)5
  • Flexibacter canadensis (Christensen 1980)6
  • Flexibacter columnaris (Bernardet and Grimont, 1989)7
  • Flexibacter elegans (Reichenbach, 1989)
  • Flexibacter filiformis (Reichenbach, 1989)
  • Flexibacter flexilis (Soriano, 1945)8
  • Flexibacter japonensis (Fujita et al., 1997)9
  • Flexibacter ovolyticus (Hansen et al., 1992)10
  • Flexibacter polymorphus (Lewin, 1974)
  • Flexibacter psychrophilus (Bernadet and Grimont, 1989)
  • Flexibacter roseolus (Lewin, 1969)
  • Flexibacter ruber (Lewin, 1969)
  • Flexibacter sancti (Lewin, 1969)
  • Flexibacter tractuosus (Leadbetter, 1974)11
References

References

  1. Soriano S (1945). "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales" [A new order of bacteria: Flexibacteriales]. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires). 1: 92–93.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2019FrMic..1002083G. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
  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.
  5. LEWIN, R. A. (1969-10-01). "A Classification of Flexibacteria". Journal of General Microbiology. 58 (2): 189–206. Bibcode:1969JGMic..58..189L. doi:10.1099/00221287-58-2-189. ISSN 0022-1287. PMID 5360476.
  6. CHRISTENSEN, P. (1980-04-01). "Flexibacter canadensis sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30 (2): 429–432. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-2-429. ISSN 0020-7713.
  7. BERNARDET, J.-F.; GRIMONT, P. A. D. (1989-07-01). "Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness and Phenotypic Characterization of Flexibacter columnaris sp. nov., nom. rev., Flexibacter psychrophilus sp. nov., nom. rev., and Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi, Hikida, and Masumura 1986". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 39 (3): 346–354. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-3-346. ISSN 0020-7713.
  8. Soriano, S (1945). "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales". Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires). 1: 92–93.
  9. Fujita, Takashi; Okamoto, Masanori; Kosako, Yoshimasa; Okuhara, Masakuni (1996-08-01). "Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a New Species That Produces a Novel Inhibitor of Human Leukocyte Elastase Isolated from Soil". Current Microbiology. 33 (2): 89–93. doi:10.1007/s002849900080. ISSN 0343-8651. PMID 8662178.
  10. Hansen, G. H.; Bergh, O.; Michaelsen, J.; Knappskog, D. (1992-07-01). "Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., a Pathogen of Eggs and Larvae of Atlantic Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42 (3): 451–458. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-3-451. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 1503974.
  11. LEVINE, NORMAN D. (1975). "Buchanan, R. E. & Gibbons, N. E., eds. 1974. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. 8th ed. Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md. 21202. xxvi + 1246 pp. $45.00". The Journal of Protozoology. 22 (1): 7. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1975.tb00935.x. ISSN 0022-3921.