Weeksellaceae

Weeksellaceae is a family in the order Flavobacteriales.^[2][3] It was proposed to be split from the Flavobacteriaceae in 2019, based on phylogenetic analysis.^[1]

Weeksellaceae
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica on a blood agar plate
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Weeksellaceae García-López et al. 2020[1]
Genera
See text.

Genera

The family Weeksellaceae comprises the following genera:^[2]

• Algoriella Yang et al. 2016
• Apibacter Kwong and Moran 2016
• Bergeyella Vandamme et al. 1994
• Chishuiella Zhang et al. 2014
• Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994
• Cloacibacterium Allen et al. 2006
• Cruoricaptor Yassin et al. 2013
• Elizabethkingia Kim et al. 2005
• Empedobacter (ex Prévot 1961) Vandamme et al. 1994
• Frigoriflavimonas Menes et al. 2022^[4]
• 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^[2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.^[1][a]

	Weeksellaceae Ornithobacterium Moheibacter Weeksella Chishuiella Empedobacter Algoriella Apibacter Cruoricaptor Bergeyella Elizabethkingia Riemerella Cloacibacterium Chryseobacterium outgroups Ichthyobacteriaceae Flavobacteriaceae

Notes

1. Spongiimonas and Wautersiella are not included in this phylogenetic tree.