Bacterium
flavobacteriaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; Bacteroidetes
Definitions related to flavobacteriaceae:
  • A family of bacteria in the order Sphingobacteriales, class Sphingobacteria. They are gram-negative rods, mostly saprophytic in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of marine and soil borne bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes that includes the genera Capnocytophaga, Chryseobacterium, Elizabethkingia and Flavobacterium among others.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Family of bacteria in the order Sphingobacteriales, class Sphingobacteria; gram-negative rods, mostly saprophytic in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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