Cytophaga

Cytophaga
	Cytophaga image.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Cytophagia
Order:	Cytophagales
Family:	Cytophagaceae
Genus:	Cytophaga; Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	C. hutchinsonii; C. psychrophila;

Cytophaga is a genus of Gram-negative, gliding, rod-shaped bacteria. This bacterium is commonly found in soil, rapidly digests crystalline cellulose C. hutchinsonii is able to use its gliding motility to move quickly over surfaces. Although the mechanism for this is not known, there is a belief that the flagellum is not used

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