"Flexibacter elegans" Soriano 1945, non Lewin 1969 Dataset NCBI Taxonomy Classification phylum Bacteroidota class Chitinophagia order Chitinophagales family Chitinophagaceae genus Chitinophaga species Chitinophaga filiformis Name Homonyms Flexibacter elegans DSM 3317 Flexibacter elegans "Flexibacter elegans" Lewin 1969, non Soriano 1945 Flexibacter elegans (ex Lewin 1969, non Soriano 1945) Reichenbach 1989 "Flexibacter elegans" Soriano 1945, non Lewin 1969