Flavobacteriaceae

Flavobacteriaceae
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica on a blood agar plate
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica on a blood agar plate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Reichenbach 1992[1]
Genera

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The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria.[1][2] Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example Capnocytophaga and Coenonia.[3]

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  2. ^ Boone DR, Castenholz RW, eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. pp. 465–466.
  3. ^ "An Introduction to the Family Flavobacteriaceae". The Prokaryotes. New York: Springer. 2006. pp. 455–480. ISBN 978-0-387-25497-5.