Flavobacteriaceae is a family of rod-shaped gram negative bacteria. The family contains many environmental bacteria,[1][2] with some species being potential pathogens.[3]

Flavobacteriaceae
Capnocytophaga canimorsus 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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History

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The family of Flavobacteriaceae was first proposed by Reichenbach in 1989,[1] it was approved by the IJSEM in 1992.[4] The description of the family was emended several times in 1996 and 2002.[4][3][citation needed] In 2020, the family was split, with several genera moved to the newly established family of Weeksellaceae.[5]

Biology

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Species of the Flavobacteriaceae are predominantly rod-shaped and stain gram-negative.[3] Many species in the Flavobacteriaceae are motile,[5] with most non-motile species formerly placed in the family now being placed in the Weeksellaceae.[5] Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example Capnocytophaga and Coenonia.[6] Several members of the family are considered halophilic or psychrotolerant.[3] The predominant respiratory quinone is menaquinone-6.[3]

The majority of species of this family are known from a variety of environmental sources.[3] Select species have occurred as pathogens in humans, with more genera, notably Elizabethkingia, being formerly placed in this family.

Genera

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The family Flavobacteriaceae comprises the following genera:[4]

Phylogeny

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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.[5][a]

Flavobacteriaceae
outgroup

Ichthyobacteriaceae

Notes

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  1. ^ Actibacter, Aestuariibaculum, Aestuariimonas, Aestuariivivens, Algitalea, Amniculibacterium, Antarcticibacterium, Antarcticimonas, Aquaticitalea, Aquibacter, Arcticiflavibacter, Ascidiimonas, Aurantiacicella, Aurantivirga, Aureibaculum, Aureisphaera, Aureivirga, Changchengzhania, Citreitalea, Coenonia, Corallibacter, Costertonia, Daejeonia, Euzebyella, Faecalibacter, Flavicella, Flavihalobacter, Flavimarina, Frondibacter, Fulvibacter, Gangjinia, Gelatiniphilus, Geojedonia, Gilvibacter, Haloflavibacter, Hoppeia, Hwangdonia, Jejudonia, Leptobacterium, Litoribaculum, Lutaonella, Lutimonas, Mariniflexile, Marinivirga, Maritimimonas, Marixanthomonas, Meridianimaribacter, Mesohalobacter, Namhaeicola, Neptunitalea, Paramesonia, Pareuzebyella, Patiriisocius, Paucihalobacter, Pelagihabitans, Pibocella, Planktosalinus, Pontimicrobium, Poritiphilus, Postechiella, Pseudobizionia, Pseudofulvibacter, Pseudotenacibaculum, Robertkochia, Sabulilitoribacter, Saonia, Sediminibacter, Sediminicola, Seonamhaeicola, Snuella, Spongiiferula, Spongiimicrobium, Spongiivirga, Subsaxibacter, Subsaximicrobium, Sungkyunkwania, Taeania, Ulvibacterium, Urechidicola, Wocania, and Yeosuana are not included in this phylogenetic tree.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Reichenbach H. (1989). "Order 1. Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974, 99*=". In Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds.). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co. pp. 2011–2013.
  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. ^ a b c d e f Bernardet, Jean-Francois; Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi; Holmes, Barry (2002). "Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (3): 1049–1070. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-3-1049. PMID 12054224.
  4. ^ a b c d Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Flavobacteriaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Göker M. (2019). "Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes". Front Microbiol. 10: 2083. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083. PMC 6767994. PMID 31608019.
  6. ^ "An Introduction to the Family Flavobacteriaceae". The Prokaryotes. New York: Springer. 2006. pp. 455–480. ISBN 978-0-387-25497-5.
  7. ^ Zan J, Li Z, Tianero MD, Davis J, Hill RT, Donia MS (2019). "A microbial factory for defensive kahalalides in a tripartite marine symbiosis". Science. 364 (6445): eaaw6732. doi:10.1126/science.aaw6732. PMID 31196985. S2CID 189818260.