Flexibacter is a genus of gram-negative 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.
Species
Flexibacter aggregans (Leadbetter, 1974) Flexibacter aurantiacus (Lewin, 1969) Flexibacter canadensis (Christensen 1980) Flexibacter columnaris (Bernardet and Grimont, 1989) Flexibacter elegans (Reichenbach, 1989) Flexibacter filiformis (Reichenbach, 1989) Flexibacter flexilis (Soriano, 1945) Flexibacter japonensis (Fujita et al., 1997) Flexibacter ovolyticus (Hansen et al., 1992) Flexibacter polymorphus (Lewin, 1974) Flexibacter psychrophilus (Bernadet and Grimont, 1989) Flexibacter roseolus (Lewin, 1969) Flexibacter ruber (Lewin, 1969) Flexibacter sancti (Lewin, 1969) Flexibacter tractuosus (Leadbetter, 1974)
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