Flexibacter
Sign in to saveFlexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumBacteroidota
- ClassBacteroidia
- OrderCytophagales
- FamilyCatalimonadaceae
Habitatmarine
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Research
284 papers- Immunization with bacterial antigens: Flavobacterium and Flexibacter infections.Developments in biological standardization · 1997
- Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2006
- Detection of Flexibacter maritimus in fish tissue using nested PCR amplification.Journal of fish diseases · 2003
- Phylogenetic structure of the genera Flexibacter, Flexithrix, and Microscilla deduced from 16S rRNA sequence analysis.The Journal of general and applied microbiology · 2002
- Characterization of gliding motility in Flexibacter polymorphus.Cell motility and the cytoskeleton · 1988
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- Flexibacter
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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- lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/flexibacter
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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.
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