Flexibacter

Flexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue.^[4]

Flexibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Cytophagia
Order:	Cytophagales
Family:	Flexibacteraceae García-López et al. 2020[1]
Genus:	Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Species[3]
"Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens" Katayama et al. 1985 Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) "Flexibacter giganteus" Soriano 1945 "Flexibacter topostinus" Suzuki et al. 1990
Synonyms
"Flexibacteraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001

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

1. 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.
2. Soriano S (1945). "Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales" [A new order of bacteria: Flexibacteriales]. Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires). 1: 92–93.
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.