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| Flexibacter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidetes |
| Class: | Sphingobacteriia |
| Order: | |
| Family: | Flexibacteraceae |
| Genus: | Flexibacter (Soriano, 1945[1]) |
| Species | |
| Flexibacter aggregans | |
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
- ^ SORIANO (S.): Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires), 1945, 1, 92-93.
- ^ a b Flexibacter entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
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