Flavobacterium psychrophilum
| Flavobacterium psychrophilum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Flavobacterium |
| Species: | F. psychrophilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996 | |
Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a psychrophilic, gram-negative bacterial rod (3-5 μm in length), belonging to the Bacteroidota. It is the causative agent of bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD) and was first isolated in 1948 during a die-off in the salmonid Oncorhynchus kisutch.