Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Bacteroidota corrig. Krieg et al. 2021 Bacteroidetes (sic) Krieg et al. 2021 non Bacteroidetes Krieg 2012 Cytophagia Nakagawa 2012 emend. García-López et al. 2019 Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019 Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019 Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Flexibacter elegans (ex Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 Flexibacter roseolus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Flexibacter ovolyticus Hansen et al. 1992 Flexibacter columnaris (ex Davis 1922) Bernardet and Grimont 1989 Flexibacter sancti Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi et al. 1986 emend. Bernardet and Grimont 1989 Flexibacter filiformis (ex Solntseva 1940) Reichenbach 1989 Flexibacter ruber Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter tractuosus (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter psychrophilus (ex Borg 1960) Bernardet and Grimont 1989 Flexibacter litoralis Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 Flexibacter canadensis Christensen 1980 Flexibacter polymorphus Lewin 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019 Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) Flavobacterium johnsoniae aurantiacum (Lewin 1969) García-López et al. 2020 García-López M. Meier-Kolthoff J.P. Tindall B.J. Gronow S. Woyke T. Kyrpides N.C. Hahnke R.L. Göker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. 2019 10 2083 2083 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083 31608019 Woese C.R. Yang D. Mandelco L. Stetter K.O. The flexibacter-flavobacter connection 1990 13 161 165 Systematic and Applied Microbiology Syst Appl Microbiol 0723-2020 Skerman V.B.D. McGowan V. Sneath P.H.A. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 30 1 225 420 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 Lewin R.A. A classification of flexibacteria 1969 58 189 206 Journal of General Microbiology J Gen Microbiol 0022-1287 10.1099/00221287-58-2-189 5360476 Flavobacterium johnsoniae aurantiacum (Lewin 1969) García-López et al. 2020 Cytophaga johnsonae Stanier 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) Lewin R.A. A classification of flexibacteria 1969 58 189 206 Journal of General Microbiology J Gen Microbiol 0022-1287 10.1099/00221287-58-2-189 5360476 García-López M. Meier-Kolthoff J.P. Tindall B.J. Gronow S. Woyke T. Kyrpides N.C. Hahnke R.L. Göker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. 2019 10 2083 2083 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02083 31608019 Bernardet J.F. Segers P. Vancanneyt M. Berthe F. Kersters K. Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (Basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). 1996 46 1 128 148 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-46-1-128 Skerman V.B.D. McGowan V. Sneath P.H.A. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 30 1 225 420 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225