Flexibacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Flexibacter

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacteroidota

| classis = Cytophagia

| ordo = Cytophagales

| familia = Flexibacteraceae

| familia_authority = García-López et al. 2020{{cite journal |vauthors=García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Göker M | title = Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes | journal = Front Microbiol | year = 2019 | volume = 10 | page = 2083 | pmid = 31608019 | pmc = 6767994 | doi = 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Flexibacter

| genus_authority = Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980){{cite journal |vauthors=Soriano S | title = Un nuevo orden de bacterias: Flexibacteriales | trans-title = A new order of bacteria: Flexibacteriales | journal = Ciencia e Investigacion (Buenos Aires) | year = 1945 | volume = 1 | pages = 92–93}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species{{cite web |vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/flexibacter | title = Flexibacter | access-date = June 24, 2021 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

| subdivision =

• "Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens" Katayama et al. 1985

• Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
• "Flexibacter giganteus" Soriano 1945

• "Flexibacter topostinus" Suzuki et al. 1990

| synonyms = * "Flexibacteraceae" Garrity and Holt 2001

}}

Flexibacter is a genus of bacteria consisting of some seventeen strains (or species), known for their yellow hue.{{lpsn|f/flexibacter.html|Flexibacter}}

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.