Flavobacteriaceae | |
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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica on a blood agar plate | |
Scientific 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]
The family Flavobacteriaceae comprises the following genera:[4]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[4] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[6][a]
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