:Flavobacterium denitrificans

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Flavobacterium

| species = denitrificans

| authority = Horn et al. 2005

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Flavobacterium denitrificans is a species of N₂O-producing facultative aerobic bacteria first isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa. It is a Gram-negative, motile rod with type strain ED5^T (=DSM 15936^T =ATCC BAA-842^T).{{cite journal|last1=Horn|first1=M. A.|title=Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=55|issue=3|year=2005|pages=1255–1265|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63484-0|pmid=15879265|doi-access=free}}