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Flexibacter

Known as: Flexibacter sp. 
A genus of gram-negative, chemoorganotrophic bacteria in the family CYTOPHAGACEAE. In some species there is a cyclic change in cell morphology.
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov.
Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of species currently assigned to the genus Flexibacter has shown extensive intrageneric… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
New Degenerate Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes Reveal High Bacterial Diversity in River Taff Epilithon
ABSTRACT River microbial communities play an important role in global nutrient cycles, and aggregated bacteria such as those in… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic study of marine Cytophaga-like bacteria: proposal for Tenacibaculum gen. nov. with Tenacibaculum maritimum comb. nov. and Tenacibaculum ovolyticum comb. nov., and…
Bacterial strains were isolated from sponge and green algae which were collected on the coast of Japan and Palau. The… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Phylogenetic Characterization and In Situ Detection of a Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides Phylogroup Bacterium in Tuber borchii Vittad. Ectomycorrhizal Mycelium
ABSTRACT Mycorrhizal ascomycetous fungi are obligate ectosymbionts that colonize the roots of gymnosperms and angiosperms. In… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Dominant marine bacterioplankton species found among colony-forming bacteria
The density of specific aquatic bacteria was determined by use of whole-genome DNA hybridization towards community DNA. From a… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Characteristics of Flexibacter psychrophilus isolated from Atlantic salmon in Australia
Flexibacter psychroph~lus (syn Cytophaga psych~-ophila) was isolated in Tasmania, Australia, from farmed Atlantic salmon Salnio… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., a pathogen of eggs and larvae of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.
A psychrotrophic Flexibacter sp., Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., was isolated from the adherent bacterial epiflora of Atlantic… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness and Phenotypic Characterization of Flexibacter columnaris sp. nov., nom. rev., Flexibacter psychrophilus sp. nov., nom. rev., and Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi…
Eight unidentified fish pathogens and 10 strains received as “Flexibacter columnaris,” “Cytophaga psychrophila,” and Flexibacter… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Comparison of fatty acid content and DNA homology of the filamentous gliding bacteriaVitreoscilla, Flexibacter, Filibacter
DNA hybridization experiments showed that there was a high degree of homology amongVitreoscilla strains but not with DNA… 
1977
1977
Lipids of the marine bacterium Flexibacter polymorphus
This paper reports on the total fatty acid composition of a marine bacterium representative of the genus Flexibacter. Flexibacter… 
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