''Weeksellaceae'' is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

in the order of

Flavobacteriales The order Flavobacteriales comprises several families of environmental bacteria. Comparative genomics and molecular signatures ''Flavobacteriales'' is of one of the orders from the phylum ''Bacteroidota''. Comparative genomic studies have identi ...

Genera

The family ''Weeksellaceae'' comprises the following genera: * '' Algoriella'' Yang ''et al''. 2016 * '' Apibacter'' Kwong and Moran 2016 * '' Bergeyella'' Vandamme ''et al''. 1994 * ''

Chishuiella ''Chishuiella'' is a genus of gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which ...

'' Zhang ''et al''. 2014 * '' Chryseobacterium'' Vandamme ''et al''. 1994 * '' Cloacibacterium'' Allen ''et al''. 2006 * '' Cruoricaptor'' Yassin ''et al''. 2013 * ''

Elizabethkingia ''Elizabethkingia'' is a genus of bacterium described in 2005, named after Elizabeth O. King, the discoverer of the type species. Before this genus being formed in 2005, many of the species of ''Elizabethkingia'' were classified in the '' Ch ...

'' Kim ''et al''. 2005 * '' Empedobacter'' (''ex'' Prévot 1961) Vandamme ''et al''. 1994 * '' Frigoriflavimonas'' Menes et al. 2022 * '' Moheibacter'' Zhang ''et al''. 2014 * '' Ornithobacterium'' Vandamme ''et al''. 1994 * '' Riemerella'' Segers ''et al''. 1993 * '' Spongiimonas'' Yoon ''et al''. 2014 * '' Wautersiella'' Kämpfer ''et al''. 2006 * '' Weeksella'' Holmes ''et al''. 1987

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) is an online database that maintains information on the naming and taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical ...

and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.

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References

Flavobacteria Bacteria families {{Flavobacteria-stub