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Family: | Flexibacteraceae García-López et al. 2020[1]
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Genus: | Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
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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
[edit]- ^ 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. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
- ^ Soriano S (1945). "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales" [A new order of bacteria: Flexibacteriales]. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires). 1: 92–93.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Flexibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.