Flexibacter polymorphus Lewin 1974 (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 polymorphus Lewin 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) 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 japonensis Fujita et al. 1997 Flexibacter canadensis Christensen 1980 Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Flexibacter flexilis Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019 Garritya polymorpha (Lewin 1974) Hahnke et al. 2017 Flexibacter polymorphus Lewin 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) 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 Hahnke R.L. Meier-Kolthoff J.P. García-López M. Mukherjee S. Huntemann M. Ivanova N.N. Woyke T. Kyrpides N.C. Klenk H.-P. Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes 2016 7 2003 1 37 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02003 28066339 Liolios K. Chen I.M. Mavromatis K. Tavernarakis N. Hugenholtz P. Markowitz V.M. Kyrpides N.C. The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata 2010 38 D346 354 Nucleic Acids Research Nucleic Acids Res. 0305-1048 1362-4962 10.1093/nar/gkp848 19914934 Nakagawa Y. Sakane T. Suzuki M. Hatano K. Phylogenetic structure of the genera Flexibacter, Flexithrix, and Microscilla deduced from 16S rRNA sequence analysis 2002 48 155 165 Journal of General Microbiology J Gen Microbiol 0022-1287 12469298 Lewin R.A. Flexibacter polymorphus, a new marine species. 1974 82 393 403 Journal of General Microbiology J Gen Microbiol 0022-1287