Overview
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The Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria1].
Taxonomy
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The Family Flavobacteriaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (27): Aequorivita · Bizionia · Capnocytophaga · Cellulophaga · Chryseobacterium · Cloacibacterium · Costertonia · Dokdonia · Empedobacter · Flavobacterium · Formosa · Gaetbulibacter · Gelidibacter · Gillisia · Gramella · Kaistella · Krokinobacter · Maribacter · Mesonia · Ornithobacterium · Pibocella · Polaribacter · Psychroflexus · Salegentibacter · Sediminicola · Stanierella · Winogradskyella
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 105 species and subspecies in the Family Flavobacteriaceae.
Genera
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Aequorivita
Bizionia
Capnocytophaga
Cellulophaga
Chryseobacterium
Cloacibacterium
Costertonia
Dokdonia
Empedobacter
Flavobacterium
Flavobacterium is a genus of , non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria that consists of ten recognized species, as well as three newly proposed species (F. gondwanense, F. salegens, and Flavobacterium F. scophthalmum). Flavobacteria are found in soil and fresh water in a variety of environments. Several species are known to cause disease in freshwater fish. [more]
Formosa
Gaetbulibacter
Gelidibacter
Gillisia
Gramella
Kaistella
Krokinobacter
Maribacter
Mesonia
Ornithobacterium
Pibocella
Polaribacter
Psychroflexus
Salegentibacter
Sediminicola
Stanierella
Winogradskyella
At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Winogradskyella.
More info about the Genus Winogradskyella may be found here.
References
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- ^ Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.
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