Mariniflexile
Mariniflexile is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota. The various species have been recovered from sea water, sea urchins, springs, brackish water, and an oyster.
Etymology
The name Mariniflexile derives from: Latin adjective marinus. Latin participle adjective flexilis -e, pliant, pliable, flexible; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Mariniflexile, is a marine bacterium. The bacteria are rods, aerobic, move by gliding, gram negative, non-spore forming, and when grown on appropriate medium, the colonies are orange.Species
The genus contains the following species:M. fucanivorans M. gromovii- M. aquimaris
- M. jejuense
- M. soesokkakense
- ''M. ostreae''