Flexithrix

Flexithrix is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family Flammeovirgaceae with one known species (Flexithrix dorotheae) which first has been isolated from marine mud.^[2][3][4][1] Flammeovirga produce zeaxanthin, poly-β-D-glutamic acid and poly-β-L-glutamine.^[4][5][6]

Flexithrix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Cytophagia
Order:	Cytophagales
Family:	Flammeovirgaceae
Genus:	Flexithrix Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Species:	F. dorotheae
Binomial name
Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Flexithrix". LPSN.
2. M.P., Starr; H., Stolp; H.G., Trüper; A., Balows; H.G., Schlegel (1981). The Prokaryotes A Handbook on Habitats, Isolation, and Identification of Bacteria. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3-662-13187-0.
3. "Flexithrix". www.uniprot.org.
4. Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi (1 January 2015). "Flexithrix". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00278. ISBN 9781118960608.
5. George M., Garrity (2011). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4.
6. Susheel, Kalia; Luc, Avérous (2011). Biopolymers: Biomedical and Environmental Applications. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-16477-8.

Data related to Flexithrix at Wikispecies

Further reading

• Nakagawa, Y; Sakane, T; Suzuki, M; Hatano, K (June 2002). "Phylogenetic structure of the genera Flexibacter, Flexithrix, and Microscilla deduced from 16S rRNA sequence analysis". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 48 (3): 155–65. doi:10.2323/jgam.48.155. PMID 12469298.
• Lewin, RA (June 1970). "Flexithrix dorotheae gen. et sp. nov. (flexibacterales); and suggestions for reclassifying sheathed bacteria". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 16 (6): 511–5. doi:10.1139/m70-086. PMID 5423286.