Flexibacter Soriano, 1945
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Bacteroidota
- class
- Cytophagia
- order
- Cytophagales
- family
- Flexibacteraceae
- genus
- Flexibacter
Abstract
Flexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue. 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.
Name
- Synonyms
- Flexibacteraceae Garrity and Holt 2001
- Homonyms
- Flexibacter Soriano, 1945