Flexithrix
| Flexithrix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Cytophagia |
| Order: | Cytophagales |
| Family: | Flammeovirgaceae |
| Genus: | Flexithrix Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Species: | F. dorotheae |
| Binomial name | |
| Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Flexithrix is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family Flammeovirgaceae with one known species (Flexithrix dorotheae) which first has been isolated from marine mud. Flammeovirga produce zeaxanthin, poly-β-D-glutamic acid and poly-β-L-glutamine.