@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64798-0, author = "Hosoya, Shoichi and Yokota, Akira", title = "Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2007", volume = "57", number = "5", pages = "1086-1088", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64798-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64798-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The taxonomic relationship between [Flexibacter] aggregans IAM 14894T and Flexithrix dorotheae NBRC 15987T was investigated by means of DNA–DNA hybridization and phenotypic characteristics. On the basis of these results, it is proposed that Flexibacter aggregans ( Lewin 1969 ) Leadbetter 1974 be considered a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 . Emended descriptions of the species Flexithrix dorotheae and the genus Flexithrix are also given.", }