Flavobacteriia

{{Short description|Class of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Blood agar plate.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = ''Elizabethkingia meningoseptica'' on blood agar | taxon = Flavobacteriia | authority = Bernardet 2012<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Bernardet JF | chapter = Class II. ''Flavobacteriia'' class. nov. | veditors = Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB | title = Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology | edition = 2nd | volume = 4 | publisher = Springer | location = New York, NY | year = 2010 | page = 105}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Orders | subdivision_ref = <ref name="LPSN">{{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/class/flavobacteriia | title = ''Flavobacteriia'' | access-date = June 29, 2021 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''Flavobacteriales'' Bernardet 2012 * Genera not assigned to an order or family ** "''Candidatus'' Walczuchella monophlebidarum" Rosas-Perez ''et al''. 2014 }}

The class '''Flavobacteriia''' is composed of a single class of environmental bacteria.<ref>{{cite book | title = Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology | edition = 2nd | volume = 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) | veditors = Boone DR, Castenholz RW | publisher = Springer-Verlag | location = New York | date = 2001 | pages = 465–466 | isbn = 978-0-443-05615-4 }}</ref> It contains the family Flavobacteriaceae, which is the largest family in the phylum Bacteroidota.'''<ref name="McBride">{{Cite book |vauthors=McBride M |chapter=The Family Flavobacteriaceae |year=2014 |title=The Prokaryotes |pages=643–676 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_130 |isbn=978-3-642-38953-5 |via=SpringerLink}}</ref>''' This class is widely distributed in soil, fresh, and seawater habitats.<ref name="Buchan_2014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Buchan A, LeCleir GR, Gulvik CA, González JM | title = Master recyclers: features and functions of bacteria associated with phytoplankton blooms | journal = Nature Reviews. Microbiology | volume = 12 | issue = 10 | pages = 686–698 | date = October 2014 | pmid = 25134618 | doi = 10.1038/nrmicro3326 | s2cid = 26684717 }}</ref> The name is often spelt Flavobacteria, but was officially named Flavobacteriia in 2012.<ref name="Bernardet_2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bernardet JF, Bowman JP | title = International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan | journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | volume = 63 | issue = Pt 7 | pages = 2752–2754 | date = July 2013 | pmid = 23825377 | doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.053926-0 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Flavobacteriia class |url=http://www.allmicrobes.com/taxonomy/Flavobacteriia-class.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101044557/http://www.allmicrobes.com/taxonomy/Flavobacteriia-class.html |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=1 November 2014 |website=allmicrobes.com}}</ref>

Flavobacteriia are gram-negative aerobic rods, 2–5 μm long, 0.1–0.5 μm wide, with rounded or tapered ends.<ref name="Bernardet_2013" /> They form circular cream to orange coloured colonies on agar, and are typically simple to successfully culture.<ref name="Buchan_2014" /> Flavobacteriia is a chemoorganotroph and are known for their ability to mineralize or degrade dissolved organic matter of high molecular weight and particulate plant material.<ref name="Wiley_2015" />

Flavobacteriia have impacts on both the environment and human society, as they are able to cause diseases in many organisms. They are important in the decomposition of organic matter and pollutants, and are key members in the formation of marine biofilms.<ref name="Pollet_2018" /> They also have been known to cause diseases in some animal species, specifically bacterial cold water disease and columnaris disease.<ref name="Barnes_2011" /><ref name="Declercq_2013" />

== Taxonomy == Flavobacteriia is the largest of the four classes of phylum Bacteroidota. It is a single-order class, and its largest family is '''Flavobacteriaceae.<ref name="McBride" /> Flavobacteriaceae''' is the largest family in the phylum '''Bacteroidota'''. The family has over 90 genera and hundreds of species.<ref name="McBride" /> The genus ''Flavobacterium'' is most commonly used in studies of Flavobacteriia. This genus has 100 classified species with many additional unclassified species.<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> Recent taxonomic updates have reclassified several ''Flavobacterium'' species to new genera such as Microbacterium, Salegentibacter, and Planococcus.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> * Domain '''Bacteria''' ** Phylum '''Bacteroidota''' *** Class '''Flavobacteriia'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database">{{Cite web | title = Flavobacteriia | work = NCBI taxonomy database | publisher = National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=117743&lvl=3&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&srchmode=1&keep=1&unlock |access-date=2023-03-07 }}</ref> **** Order '''Flavobacteriales'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Crocinitomicaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Cryomorphaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Flavobacteriaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ****** Genus '''Flavobacterium''' ****** Genera Microbacterium, Salegentibacter, and Planococcus.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014">{{cite book | vauthors = Waśkiewicz A, Irzykowska L |date=2014 |chapter=Flavobacterium spp. – Characteristics, Occurrence, and Toxicity |title=Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology |pages=938–942 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00126-9 |isbn=978-0-12-384733-1 }}</ref> ***** Family '''Ichthyobacteriaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Luteibaculaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Parvicellaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Salibacteraceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Schleiferiaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Vicingaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Weeksellaceae'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Family '''Flavobacteriales incertae sedis'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" /> ***** Additionally, '''unclassified Flavobacteriales'''<ref name="NCBI taxonomy database" />

== History == left|thumb|Department disease laboratory researchers (Harold Wolf and Bill Schafer) investigate a trout disease threat in a commercial hatchery. The genus ''Flavobacterium'' was established in 1889.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> It was first written about in 1923 in [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41848#page/7/mode/1up Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology] and contained one of the first of 46 discussed species.<ref name="Loch_2015">{{cite journal | vauthors = Loch TP, Faisal M | title = Emerging flavobacterial infections in fish: A review | journal = Journal of Advanced Research | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 283–300 | date = May 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.jare.2014.10.009 | pmid = 26257926 | pmc = 4522593 }}</ref> The manual defines Flavobacteriia as gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, non-gliding rods.<ref name="Loch_2015" /> In 1999, Flavobacteriia was discovered to have a yellow pigment in colonies. It was also identified that they move through gliding and only grow in the presence of oxygen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Species Flavobacterium aquatile |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/flavobacterium-aquatile |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=LPSN}}</ref>

In 1922, ''Flavobacterium columnare'', an agent of columnaris disease with significant effects on fish, was discovered in the Mississippi River, making it one of the earliest known diseases of its kind.<ref name="Declercq_2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Declercq AM, Haesebrouck F, Van den Broeck W, Bossier P, Decostere A | title = Columnaris disease in fish: a review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions | journal = Veterinary Research | volume = 44 | issue = 1 | page = 27 | date = April 2013 | pmid = 23617544 | pmc = 3648355 | doi = 10.1186/1297-9716-44-27 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The disease was originally labelled as a Myxobacteria in 1944, but was renamed to ''Flavobacterium columnare'' in 1996 with 10 species.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Kaiser D |date=2009 |chapter=Myxococcus |title=Encyclopedia of Microbiology | edition = Third |pages=220–244 |doi=10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00018-3 |isbn=978-0-12-373944-5 }}</ref><ref name="McBride" /> Flavobacteriia used to contain many non-related species of yellow, rod-shaped bacteria, but taxonomy has changed and stabilized due to the sequencing of rRNA to deduce phylogenetic relationships.<ref name="McBride" />

In 1978, Bacterial Gill Disease was officially discovered to be linked to a specific bacterium.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Good |first1=C |last2=Davidson |first2=J |last3=Wiens |first3=G D |last4=Welch |first4=T J |last5=Summerfelt |first5=S |date=April 2015 |title=Flavobacterium branchiophilum and F. succinicans associated with bacterial gill disease in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) in water recirculation aquaculture systems |journal=Journal of Fish Diseases |language=en |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=409–413 |doi=10.1111/jfd.12249 |issn=0140-7775 |pmc=4406145 |pmid=24720801|bibcode=2015JFDis..38..409G }}</ref> In 1989 studies were conducted using isolates from fish in the United States, Japan and Hungary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Starliper |first=Clifford E. |title=Bacterial Gill Disease |url=https://units.fisheries.org/fhs/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2017/08/1.2.1-BGD_2014.pdf}}</ref> In 1985 it finally achieved the name of Flavobacterium branchiophila.<ref name=":0" /> In 1990 Flavobacterium branchiophilum was officially recognized as the correct and current nomenclature.<ref name=":0" />

== Habitat == thumb|Flavobacteriia forming mudflat biofilms, as shown through confocal laser scanning microscopy in a 3D view. Growth took place over 24 hours on glass surfaces under dynamic conditions and stained with Syto 61 red. Scale bar: 67.3μm.<ref name="pmid26498445">{{cite journal | vauthors = Doghri I, Rodrigues S, Bazire A, Dufour A, Akbar D, Sopena V, Sablé S, Lanneluc I | title = Marine bacteria from the French Atlantic coast displaying high forming-biofilm abilities and different biofilm 3D architectures | journal = BMC Microbiology | volume = 15 | issue = | page = 231 | date = October 2015 | pmid = 26498445 | pmc = 4619314 | doi = 10.1186/s12866-015-0568-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Flavobacteriia are widely distributed with high abundances in aquatic systems.<ref name="Buchan_2014" /> They have been found in diseased fish, microbial mats, freshwater and river sediments, seawater and marine sediments, soil, glaciers, and Antarctic lakes.<ref name="Fernández-Gómez_2019" /><ref name="Buchan_2014" /> Increases in abundance are found in areas of high organic substrate inputs due to their role in the uptake, degradation, and decomposition of organic matter and can result in bacterial dominance.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> Flavobacteriia is prominent in ocean sediments and decreases with increasing depth, and prefer sediments lacking vegetation.<ref name="Cleary_2017">{{Cite journal | vauthors = Cleary DF, Coelho FJ, Oliveira V, Gomes NC, Polónia AR |date=2017 |title=Sediment depth and habitat as predictors of the diversity and composition of sediment bacterial communities in an inter-tidal estuarine environment | doi = 10.1111/maec.12411 |journal=Marine Ecology |volume=38 |issue=2|article-number=e12411 |bibcode=2017MarEc..38E2411C }}</ref>

These bacteria also are highly abundant in melt ponds, solid ice cores, sea ice, and brine, as well as the photic zone.<ref name="Fernández-Gómez_2019">{{cite journal | vauthors = Fernández-Gómez B, Díez B, Polz MF, Arroyo JI, Alfaro FD, Marchandon G, Sanhueza C, Farías L, Trefault N, Marquet PA, Molina-Montenegro MA, Sylvander P, Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P | display-authors = 6 | title = Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85-90 °N | journal = The ISME Journal | volume = 13 | issue = 2 | pages = 316–333 | date = February 2019 | pmid = 30228379 | pmc = 6331608 | doi = 10.1038/s41396-018-0268-9 | bibcode = 2019ISMEJ..13..316F }}</ref> More specifically, these photic zones show that Flavobacteriia are prominent in productive environments such as phytoplankton blooms and upwelling zones.<ref name="Cleary_2017" /> Flavobacteriia are prominent members of marine biofilms.<ref name="Pollet_2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pollet T, Berdjeb L, Garnier C, Durrieu G, Le Poupon C, Misson B, Jean-François B | title = Prokaryotic community successions and interactions in marine biofilms: the key role of Flavobacteriia | journal = FEMS Microbiology Ecology | volume = 94 | issue = 6 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29733333 | doi = 10.1093/femsec/fiy083 | doi-access = free }}</ref> They have large impacts on the functioning of marine biofilms, however their abundance is believed to be heavily underestimated.<ref name="Pollet_2018" />

Flavobacteriia can also be found in non-marine systems and are most common in Asian regions, specifically Korea and China, as well as Japan and India.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" />

== Morphology == [[File:Bergeyella zoohelcum 2.jpg|thumb|Colony morphology of Flavobacteriia species ''Bergeyella zoohelcum'' on blood agar]] Flavobacteriia are a type of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria with sizes typically ranging from 0.1μm to 0.5μm wide and 2μm to 5μm long.<ref name="Bernardet_2013" /><ref name="Zamora_2013">{{Cite journal | vauthors = Zamora L, Vela AI, Sánchez-Porro C, Palacios MA, Domínguez L, Moore ER, Ventosa A, Fernández-Garayzábal JF |date=December 2013 |title=Characterization of flavobacteria possibly associated with fish and fish farm environment. Description of three novel Flavobacterium species: Flavobacterium collinsii sp. nov., Flavobacterium branchiarum sp. nov., and Flavobacterium branchiicola sp. nov. |journal=Aquaculture |language=en |volume=416-417 |pages=346–353 |doi=10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.09.019|bibcode=2013Aquac.416..346Z }}</ref> Depending on the species of Flavobacteriia, the genome size can range from 1.85 billion daltons to 3.9 billion daltons.<ref name="Shewan_1983" /> Flavobacteriia are also unable to form endospores.<ref name="Zamora_2013" /> They are classified as gram-negative due to the composition of their cell wall, which consists of a thin layer of peptidoglycan surrounded by an outer membrane composed of lipopolysaccharides.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Lüderitz O, Freudenberg MA, Galanos C, Lehmann V, Rietschel ET, Shaw DH | chapter = Lipopolysaccharides of Gram-Negative Bacteria |date= January 1982 | doi = 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)60309-3 | title = Current Topics in Membranes and Transport |pages=79–151 |publisher=Elsevier | volume = 17 | isbn = 978-0-12-153317-5 }}</ref> The rod-shape of these bacteria typically have straight or slightly curved parallel sides with rounded or slightly tapered ends.<ref name="Bernardet_2013" /><ref name="Wiley_2015">{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118960608 |title=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria |date=2015-04-17 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-96060-8 | veditors = Whitman WB, Rainey F, Kämpfer P, Trujillo M, Chun J, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Dedysh S | display-editors = 6 |edition=1st |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00312 |s2cid=242820836 }}</ref> The overall colony morphology of Flavobacteriia exhibit a circular shape that is either convex or slightly convex with a smooth appearance.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> These colonies typically appear slightly translucent and can range in colour from pale yellow/cream to orange due to the presence of pigments such as carotenoids or flexirubin.<ref name="Buchan_2014" /><ref name="Wiley_2015" />

Flavobacteriia do not possess flagella and rely on either a gliding motion or are non-motile.<ref name="Shewan_1983">{{cite journal | vauthors = Shewan JM, McMeekin TA | title = Taxonomy (and ecology) of Flavobacterium and related genera | journal = Annual Review of Microbiology | volume = 37 | issue = 1 | pages = 233–252 | date = October 1983 | pmid = 6357052 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.mi.37.100183.001313 }}</ref><ref name="Shrivastava_2015">{{cite journal | vauthors = Shrivastava A, Berg HC | title = Towards a model for Flavobacterium gliding | journal = Current Opinion in Microbiology | volume = 28 | pages = 93–97 | date = December 2015 | pmid = 26476806 | pmc = 4688146 | doi = 10.1016/j.mib.2015.07.018 }}</ref> The gliding motion allows them to move over wet surfaces such as a wet mount glass slide or agar plate.<ref name="Shrivastava_2015" /><ref name="McBride_2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = McBride MJ, Zhu Y | title = Gliding motility and Por secretion system genes are widespread among members of the phylum bacteroidetes | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | volume = 195 | issue = 2 | pages = 270–278 | date = January 2013 | pmid = 23123910 | pmc = 3553832 | doi = 10.1128/JB.01962-12 }}</ref> Flavobacteriia exhibit a predominant forward gliding motion, but can also reverse direction and show flipping movements .<ref name="McBride_2013" /> Research suggests that the gliding motion is facilitated by the proton gradient across the cytoplasmic membrane.<ref name="Shrivastava_2015" /><ref name="McBride_2013" />

== Metabolism == Bacteria from the class Flavobacteriia have diverse metabolism. Flavobacteriia are chemoorganotrophic, meaning they use organic molecules as a source of energy.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Most species have obligately aerobic type of respiration, while some species can grow under weak microaerobic to anaerobic conditions.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Some species of Flavobacteriia have the ability to use a broad range of carbohydrates as energy sources, while others have a limited capacity or none at all, and instead prefer to utilize amino acids and proteins.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Approximately half of the species belonging to Flavobacteriia are capable of breaking down carbohydrates into acid and can degrade tyrosine and tween compounds.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Only a few species can degrade urea and DNA.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Many species also play a significant role in the mineralization of organic matter in both aquatic and soil environments due to their capability of breaking down various types of biomacromolecules.<ref name="Wiley_2015" />left|thumb|386x386px|Diagram of bacterial cell with transporters. Genome analysis of proteorhodopsin in Flavobacteriia.

Flavobacteriia are not photosynthetic, but some marine species use proteorhodopsin for energy through the harvesting of light.<ref name="McBride" /> Proteorhodopsin (PR) is a proton pump that uses light, however species who use PR need to adapt to different environments to combat ultraviolet (UV) damage, and adopt the ability to mend DNA that has been damaged by UV.<ref name="Olson-2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Olson DK, Yoshizawa S, Boeuf D, Iwasaki W, DeLong EF | title = Proteorhodopsin variability and distribution in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre | journal = The ISME Journal | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 1047–1060 | date = April 2018 | doi = 10.1038/s41396-018-0074-4 | pmid = 29476140 | pmc = 5864233 | bibcode = 2018ISMEJ..12.1047O }}</ref>

Proteorhodopsin is useful in the active transport of protons across the cell membrane. This is useful in the creation of ATP as energy in Flavobacteriia. The diagram to the right shows how proteorhodopsin is used in Flavobacteriia cells, and provides specifics about how it used in the bacteria.<ref name="Olson-2018" />

== Culture == Typical culturing methods are used to isolate Flavobacteriia, such as simple dilutions. Techniques vary by species due to the high diversity of the class, however many are cultivated on simple media using yeast extract and a protein hydrolysate.<ref name="McBride" /> Sugars may need to be added or certain salts for marine species. Fish and bird pathogens may have additional requirements for culture methodology.<ref name="McBride" />

Marine Flavobacteriia are cultured on marine agar or cytophaga agar. Non-marine Flavobacteriia are culture on rich media including nutrient agar, casitone-yeast extract agar, PYG agar, and TYES agar, or nutrient-poor media such as AO agar, PY2 agar, and R2A agar.<ref name="McBride" /> Flavobacteriia species that inhabit cold environments exhibit optimal growth at temperatures between 15 °C to 20 °C, while those that inhabit temperate environments exhibit optimal growth at temperatures between 20 °C to 30 °C.<ref name="Wiley_2015" /> Therefore, temperatures for culturing are between 20 °C and 30 °C, with an optimal temperature of 37˚C.<ref name="McBride" />

Many psychrophilic and psychrotrophic species have been isolated through culture methods, mainly from polar regions.<ref name="McBride" /> Additional mesophilic species have been isolated as well as a few thermophiles, while extreme halophiles have not yet been identified.<ref name="McBride" />

== Environmental impact == Though the majority of Flavobacteriia are harmless, some infect opportunistically or cause severe diseases. This means that they can cause disease in many types organisms such as plants or fish.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> They have proteins that discharge factors able to cause the development of a disease.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Recent Advancements in Flavobacteria: Pathogenesis Mechanisms, Novel Genetic and Physiological Features, and Interaction with Hosts |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/5113/recent-advancements-in-flavobacteria-pathogenesis-mechanisms-novel-genetic-and-physiological-features-and-interaction-with-hosts |journal=Microbial Physiology and Metabolism |via=Frontiers}}</ref> Fish pathogens are common on or in fish or the surrounding water. Bird pathogens cause outbreaks in domestic poultry or wild birds.<ref name="McBride" /> [[File:Columnaris disease.jpg|thumb|Columnaris disease (''Flavobacterium columnaris'') in the gill of a chinook salmon.]] One possible disease is bacterial cold water disease caused by ''Flavobacterium psychrophilum'' in rainbow trout, which can cause tissue erosion, jaw ulcerations, inflammation, and behavioural issues.<ref name="Barnes_2011">{{Cite journal | vauthors = Barnes ME |date=2011 |title=A Review of Flavobacterium Psychrophilum Biology, Clinical Signs, and Bacterial Cold Water Disease Prevention and Treat |url=https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOFISHSJ/TOFISHSJ-4-40.pdf |journal=The Open Fish Science Journal |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=40–48|doi= 10.2174/1874401X01104010040 |doi-access=free}}</ref> It can also cause acute losses in young rainbow trout, known as rainbow trout fry syndrome.<ref name="Silverstein_2009">{{cite journal | vauthors = Silverstein JT, Vallejo RL, Palti Y, Leeds TD, Rexroad CE, Welch TJ, Wiens GD, Ducrocq V | display-authors = 6 | title = Rainbow trout resistance to bacterial cold-water disease is moderately heritable and is not adversely correlated with growth | journal = Journal of Animal Science | volume = 87 | issue = 3 | pages = 860–867 | date = March 2009 | pmid = 19028851 | doi = 10.2527/jas.2008-1157 | url = https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02668165/file/2009_Silverstein_Journal_of_Animal_Science_1.pdf }}</ref> In 2005, the National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture measured survival rate to be 29.3% from these diseases.<ref name="Silverstein_2009" />

Additionally, ''Flavobacterium columare'' causes columnaris disease in freshwater fish species. Columnaris disease causes skin lesions, fin erosion, and gill necrosis, leading to mortality.<ref name="Declercq_2013" />

Marine biofilms are a biological element that significantly affects the productivity and operation of marine habitats by assisting in basic microbial processes like photosynthesis, the cycling of nitrogen, and the degradation of organic matter and pollutants.<ref name="Pollet_2018" /> In the early stage of marine biofilms formation, Flavobacteriia colonize and form microcolonies to serve as a foundation for establishing other microorganisms in a community. In the biofilms community, Flavobacteriia also engage in a variety of cooperated interactions with other microbes rather than competition, including quorum sensing, nutrient sharing and scavenging. In sum, these interactions are essential for establishing and maintaining complex microbial communities in marine biofilms.<ref name="Pollet_2018" />

== Human impact ==

=== Food ===

thumb|288x288px|A culture of Cytophaga strains to study enzymes in relation to polysaccharides. Specifically, yeast is used industrial and laboratory processes and Cytophaga enzymes can destroy the yeast cell wall. The culture was obtained using a microbiological loop to streak on agar nutrient medium. Flavobacteriia have been linked to food and food product deterioration. The relative humidity of the shop where the product is located affects the growth of psychrophilic or psychrotrophic microorganisms.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> Due to the formation of metabolic byproducts, spoilage of uncooked red flesh causes unpleasant smells, potential slime production, localised discolouration and unwanted flavours. Similarly, while Flavobacteriia are a continuous component of the initial flora in cold meats and fowl, they are unable to outcompete pseudomonads during preservation.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> Poultry has a much greater prevalence of flavobacteriia than other fresh flesh.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" />

Flavobacteriia create pasteurisation-resistant extracellular enzymes, which causes the psychrotrophic deterioration of milk and dairy products.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> Due to the creation of phospholipase C, they are also to blame for a decrease in cheddar cheese output and bitterness in milk. Given that phospholipases have the capacity to degrade the phospholipids that make up the milk fat globule membrane and thereby increase the vulnerability of the milk fat (triglycerides) to lipolytic assault, they may be significant in milk and milk products.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" />

=== Disease ===

Members of the Flavobacteriia also cause disease in humans.<ref name="Waśkiewicz_2014" /> However, as strains within the Flavobacterium were reclassified, many strains that cause human disease were transferred to new or different genera<ref name="García-López_1999">{{Citation | vauthors = García-López M, Santos J, Otero A |title=FLAVOBACTERIUM |date= January 1999 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology |pages=820–826 | veditors = Robinson RK |place=Oxford |publisher=Elsevier |language=en |doi=10.1006/rwfm.1999.0660 |isbn=978-0-12-227070-3 }}</ref> such as Chryseobacterium, Myroides, Empedobacter and Sphingobacterium.<ref name="Booth_2007">{{Citation | vauthors = Booth J |title=Chryseobacterium and Related Genera Infections |date= January 2007 |work=xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference |pages=1–4 | veditors = Enna SJ, Bylund DB |place=New York |publisher=Elsevier |language=en |doi=10.1016/b978-008055232-3.62958-7 |isbn=978-0-08-055232-3 }}</ref> Their main infected populations are newborns and people with immunodeficiencies. Neonatal infections usually manifest as meningitis, and the mortality rate of neonatal meningitis is high. Meningitis can also cause bacteremia and pneumonia. In adults, infections can manifest in a variety of ways, including pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, endocarditis, post-surgery, and post-burn.<ref name="Booth_2007" /> To this point, existing pathogenic Flavobacteriia are currently very rare and difficult to detect, but remain a concern because they are resistant to many antimicrobial drugs.<ref name="García-López_1999" />

=== Industrial uses ===

The decomposition abilities of Flavobacteriia are also used to benefit humans industries. The bacteria commonly is found in sewage treatment facilities. They are used to treat wastewater because of their ability to digest chemicals and other molecules, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.<ref name="McBride" />

Flavobacteriia is used to promote plant growth in the agricultural sector. The bacteria is able to solubilise inorganic phosphate and produce additional beneficial elements such as indole-3-acetic acid (the key plant hormone IAA) and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylatedeaminase (a hydrolase), which can be taken up and used by plants or alter their signalling.<ref name="pmid27098502">{{cite journal | vauthors = Nishioka T, Elsharkawy MM, Suga H, Kageyama K, Hyakumachi M, Shimizu M | title = Development of Culture Medium for the Isolation of Flavobacterium and Chryseobacterium from Rhizosphere Soil | journal = Microbes and Environments | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 104–10 | date = June 2016 | pmid = 27098502 | pmc = 4912144 | doi = 10.1264/jsme2.ME15144 }}</ref> It can act as a microbial agent to protect plants from other diseases, and even has benefits in the development of antimicrobial medicines.<ref name="McBride" />

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Category:Flavobacteria Category:Bacteroidota