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.

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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