Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 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 japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) 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 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 Chitinophaga japonensis (Fujita et al. 1997) Kämpfer et al. 2006 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 Kämpfer P. Young C.C. Sridhar K.R. Arun A.B. Lai W.A. Shen F.T. Rekha P.D. Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. 2006 56 9 2223 2228 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64359-0 16957125 Fujita T. Okamoto M. Kosako Y. Okuhara M. Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a new species that produces a novel inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase isolated from soil 1996 33 89 93 Current Microbiology Curr Microbiol 0343-8651 1432-0991 8662178 Chitinophaga japonensis (Fujita et al. 1997) Kämpfer et al. 2006 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 Kämpfer P. Young C.C. Sridhar K.R. Arun A.B. Lai W.A. Shen F.T. Rekha P.D. Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. 2006 56 9 2223 2228 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64359-0 16957125 List Editor Validation List no. 61. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. 1997 47 2 601 602 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-47-2-601 Fujita T. Okamoto M. Kosako Y. Okuhara M. Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a new species that produces a novel inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase isolated from soil 1996 33 89 93 Current Microbiology Curr Microbiol 0343-8651 1432-0991 8662178