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Flexithrix

genus of bacteria

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ19799028 ↗
Source-derived summary

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.

References

Data related to Flexithrix at Wikispecies

Further reading

Nakagawa, Y; Sakane, T; Suzuki, M; Hatano, K (June 2002). "Phylogenetic structure of the genera Flexibacter, Flexithrix, and Microscilla deduced from 16S rRNA sequence analysis". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 48 (3): 155–65. doi:10.2323/jgam.48.155. PMID 12469298.

Lewin, RA (June 1970). "Flexithrix dorotheae gen.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Flexithrix” is genus of bacteria. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Flexithrix, genus and bacteria, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 1970—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Flexithrix, genus and bacteria is the immediate research focus.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q19799028. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 1970.

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This entry incorporates text from “Flexithrix” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.