The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example Capnocytophaga and Coenonia.
Genera
The family Flavobacteriaceae comprises the following genera:
Actibacter Kim et al. 2008
Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002
Aestuariibaculum Jeong et al. 2013
Aestuariimonas Park et al. 2018
Aestuariivivens Park et al. 2015
Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004
Algitalea Yoon et al. 2015
"Algorimicrobium" García-López et al. 2019
"Altibacter" Chen et al. 2014
"Altuibacter" Chen et al. 2013
Amniculibacterium Chen et al. 2020
"Candidatus Amoebinatus" Greub et al. 2004
Antarcticibacterium Li et al. 2018
Antarcticimonas Yang et al. 2014
Aquaticitalea Xamxidin et al. 2016
Aquibacter Hameed et al. 2014
Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Arcticiflavibacter Liu et al. 2016
Arenibacter Ivanova et al. 2001
Arenitalea Zhang et al. 2013
"Ascidiaceibacter" Chen et al. 2018
Ascidiimonas Yoon et al. 2016
Aurantiacicella Teramoto et al. 2016
Aurantibacter García-López et al. 2020
Aurantivirga Song et al. 2015
Aureibaculum Zhao et al. 2021
Aureicoccus Park et al. 2013
Aureisphaera Yoon et al. 2015
Aureitalea Park et al. 2012
Aureivirga Haber et al. 2013
"Avrilella" Leyer et al. 2020
Bizionia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Capnocytophaga Leadbetter et al. 1982
Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999
Changchengzhania Wang et al. 2017
"Citreibacter" Yoon et al. 2018
Citreitalea Yoon et al. 2014
"Cochleicola" Shin et al. 2016
Coenonia Vandamme et al. 1999
Confluentibacter Park et al. 2016
"Coraliitalea" Yoon et al. 2018
Corallibacter Kim et al. 2012
Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006
Croceibacter Cho and Giovannoni 2003
Croceitalea Lee et al. 2008
Croceivirga Hu et al. 2017
Daejeonia Siddiqi et al. 2017
Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005
"Candidatus Endobryopsis" Zan et al. 2019
Eudoraea Alain et al. 2008
Euzebyella Lucena et al. 2010
Faecalibacter Chen et al. 2020
"Feifantangia" Zheng et al. 2015
Flavicella Teramoto and Nishijima 2015
Flavihalobacter Yin et al. 2021
Flavimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2015
Flaviramulus Einen and Øvreås 2006
Flavivirga Yi et al. 2012
Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004 Frondibacter Yoon et al. 2015 "Fucobacter" Sakai et al. 2002 Fulvibacter Khan et al. 2008 Gaetbulibacter Jung et al. 2005